Saudi Arabia: Underground Female Rock Band Gains Popularity
November 24, 2008
As Taboos Ease, Saudi Girl Group Dares to Rock
ROBERT F. WORTH (New York Times)
They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.
But the members of Saudi Arabia’s first all-girl rock band, the Accolade, are clearly not afraid of taboos….
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