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Old Nov 23rd 2011, 12:36 pm
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Putting together a few meetups for those around Riyadh outside of compounds. Thought a safe place to start would be the Faisaliyah Mall and the globe cafe. Since I am male I am hoping to find a female to be the point of contact on the day, preferably someone with knowledge and experience of Faisaliyah Mall.
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Old Nov 23rd 2011, 1:58 pm
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Putting together a few meetups for those around Riyadh outside of compounds. Thought a safe place to start would be the Faisaliyah Mall and the globe cafe. Since I am male I am hoping to find a female to be the point of contact on the day, preferably someone with knowledge and experience of Faisaliyah Mall.
Errm, so you all will be walking around in mixed non married company in Faisaliyah ? Man, the righteous will be having an orgasm.....
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No it will not be mixed. Just women only. I have heard the Globe Cafe is a good place.
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The mutawa will have a field day , one of the most busiest mall
you could have gone for a nice dining / foos establishment to keep it a low profile.
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I heard the Globe restaurant was free of muttawa. If you have suggestions then please make them, if is all our community.
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I heard the Globe restaurant was free of muttawa. If you have suggestions then please make them, if is all our community.
The mutawwa can go inside any public place. That includes resturaunts and cafes. I have heard of incidents where they have gone inside upmarket resturaunts and busted a few individuals.
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Why would they bust a small group of western women?
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Originally Posted by khitan004
Why would they bust a small group of western women?
Oh sorrry. I misunderstood.

You only need to be worried about the Mutawwa if there is gender mixing. Otherwise for women alone there is no issue.
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Default Re: Wanted: Female to 'host' meetup (Riyadh)

Originally Posted by khitan004
I heard the Globe restaurant was free of muttawa. If you have suggestions then please make them, if is all our community.
spazio? its the one on the 77th floor of kingdom tower. definitely no problem there, from personal experience.
and one called le notre in centria mall, have also been there with a woman, no questions asked.
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Default Re: Wanted: Female to 'host' meetup (Riyadh)

Good idea, the problem is I am not female and so am looking for a woman to be the contact for the day, preferably someone with nouse and know-how of Riyadh. We cannot just say all meet here at this time if all the ladies have never met. I've never been to Spazio or to the Globe cafe.
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spazio? its the one on the 77th floor of kingdom tower. definitely no problem there, from personal experience.
and one called le notre in centria mall, have also been there with a woman, no questions asked.
I take it that the Ladies Villa is no longer there. Used to be in Olaya,
a place where women could meet. Still had to a secret though.
Large groups of women used to be a NO No. Large groups like 6!!
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Im keen to get involved but what are you actually trying to organise here?!!!
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Default Re: Wanted: Female to 'host' meetup (Riyadh)

Opportunities for men and women, who find themselves isolated from other westerners because of their accommodation, to meet up and network and get 'into' the compound and embassy circle. Since any meet in public would have to be segregated I need a woman to step up and become a 'tour guide' for the day.

Ideally I would like a social gathering within a compound so that we can invite both genders but small steps to start.
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Default Re: Wanted: Female to 'host' meetup (Riyadh)

The Globe is in the Faisailah tower and not in the kingdom .
You need to book a table before hand, you cannot just go up to the tower / globe. certain days of the week it is fully booked
They have a one floor its a cigar lounge, the next floor is the restraunt which is superb, pricy but very nice,
The last time i was in there one mutawa walked in with his side kick Mr Pc Plod.
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Originally Posted by weasel decentral
spazio? its the one on the 77th floor of kingdom tower. definitely no problem there, from personal experience.
Rare but not definitely fine - a female friend got into trouble meeting someone there to talk work. Luckily her father was shopping downstairs so she was able to pretend he'd been with her all along and had just popped away
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