Female news anchor appears without ‘Hijab’ on Saudi TV
RIYADH: Female news anchor sparked a controversy when she appeared on Saudi state television without a headscarf and she became the first female newsreader to appear on Saudi state TV without hijab.
According to spokesperson of Saudi news channel female news anchor appeared when she was reading a bulletin from London for the Al-Ekhbariya channel.
Strict Islamic dress codes in Saudi Arabia require women to dress usually with headscarves, veils and full-length abayas.
Saleh Al-Mughailif a spokesperson for the channel said that female news reader was reporting from a studio in Britain. However, he promised that all measures would be taken to ensure the public that such incident would not be repeated.
“She was not in a studio inside Saudi Arabia and we do not tolerate any transgression of our values and the country’s systems,” he said, as quoted by Gulf News.
The issue of unveiled women appearing on TV channels is not new, since foreign channels are aired in the Saudi Arabia. However, women who report from within the country are expected to wear a headscarf.
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