{"id":497,"date":"2017-02-11T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T11:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2017-02-11T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T11:11:14","slug":"top-10-things-banned-kingdom-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/top-10-things-banned-kingdom-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Things Banned in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-498 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 310 275'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Top-10-Things-Banned-in-Kingdom-of-Saudi-Arabia-SaudiExpatriate.com_.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 Things Banned in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"310\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Top 10 Things Banned in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Celebrating Valentines Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wearing or Selling something in Red color on February 14th (Valentine&#8217;s Day) is banned in Saudi Arabia. People are prohibited to Sell Red Roses or heart shaped things on this day.<\/p>\n<p>Doing this might be violating Saudi Rules and penalty or strict action can be taken against you:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Social Mixing or Get Togethers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mixing of Men or women are not allowed at public place. Most of the place you can find two separate lines for Men &amp; women<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Movie Theatres are Banned in Saudi:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Movie theatre are not allowed to exit in Saudi Arabia, its gives opportunity for Men &amp; Women to meet in Dark. Few Theatres are located in closed compounds and most of the people drive over to Bahrain to watch movies on Weekend<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Pork is banned:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only Halal things are allowed in Saudi Arabia and no mulims expatriates must follow the rules in Saudi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Music in Public:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Neither Music is not allowed in Public Places nor music schools exists in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>No same Gym for Men &amp; Women:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Women are not allowed to go to Gym along with men, Women have separate Gyms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Worshipping Other Gods is Prohibited in Public places:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Expatriates are not allowed to pray to other Gods in pubic, though non-muslim expats worship their Gods in private<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Working Women:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Women are allowed to work only in some professions and cannot do every other job they want.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Drinking Alcohol is prohibited:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drinking of Alcohol is prohibited in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Cars with steering wheels on right side:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cars with steering wheels on right side are not allowed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 Things Banned in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Celebrating Valentines Day: Wearing or Selling something in Red color on February 14th (Valentine&#8217;s Day) is banned in Saudi Arabia. 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