Uppity Coffee Woman lectured Neil Bush on the joys of being a girl in Saudi

In Kumbayah: T-boned by reality Miss Aurora over at the Midnight Sun has the follow up to the American woman arrested over in the Magic Kingdom for having a cup of coffee with a man.

Yara, who does not want her last name revealed because of safety concerns, is a managing partner at a Saudi financial company. She went to hear Bush speak, and she said she invited him later to tour her company’s offices, to give him a sense of what life was really like for women living in the capital. “I was boasting about Riyadh, telling him it doesn’t deserve its bad reputation,” she said. “I told him I never experienced any harassment. I’d had no trouble as a woman. It was business as usual.”

I found this from the article interesting and worth noting, ladies. FYI -if you go to an OPEC country and get in trouble with the mutaween, it's KMAG YOYO* for you, babe.

And her family is furious that the American Embassy hasn't done more to support her.

An embassy official said her case was being treated as "an internal Saudi matter" and would not offer further comment.

And this is soooooo Starbucks, isn't it?

Starbucks was waiting to learn more about the facts surrounding the incident, a company spokesman said. “Starbucks was very concerned by reports that a customer was asked to leave one of our stores and arrested,” said Brandon H. Borrman, a spokesman for the company.

“Starbucks takes pride in respecting different cultures, and as a global company with locations in 44 countries, we recognize that religious customs, social norms and laws will vary among the communities where we work,” he said.

That multi culti mumbo jumbo and 50 cents won't even buy you a cup of coffee, Brandon.
And about Yara now? It's no coffee for her - she's been a little jumpy since the whole thing went down.

She is taking medication to treat post-traumatic stress while she recovers from her ordeal at her family's home in Jeddah. "Thank God they did not harm her more," said her husband, Hatim. "The psychological impact is beyond description," Hatim said. "She's normally a very calm, stable woman. Now she's afraid to leave our compound."

Afraid to leave their compound? Good, because according to the Saudis that's where she should have been all along. Uppity woman.

*KMAG YOYO ( Kiss my ass, Gladys. You're on your own.)