Thursday, July 28, 2016

‘Poor girls, they cannot play': Pokémon Go holds a mirror up to Saudi society

'Poor girls, they cannot play': Pokémon Go holds a mirror up to Saudi society

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Pokémon Go fever has spiked as high in Saudi Arabia as anywhere. But in the conservative kingdom, the addictive game isn’t just a game — it’s a social mirror. For a start, half the population has to figure out how to play a roaming outdoor game in a country that severely […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/07/28/poor-girls-they-cannot-play-pokemon-go-holds-a-mirror-up-to-saudi-society/

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