Diary of a Saudi Girl: Then & Now

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When we first met Majd Abdulghani, she was a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. She wanted to be a scientist, her family wanted to arrange her marriage.

Majd recorded her life over two years, she was one of our most prolific documentarians. With her microphone, Majd brought us inside a society where the voices of women were rarely heard.

Majd is 27 now. A lot has changed in her life. Today, we bring you a brand new conversation with Majd and her original story from 2016.

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0:36.5	From P.R.X.
0:37.5	From P.R.X.
0:38.5	This is Radio Diaries.
0:39.5	I'm Joe Richmond.
0:40.5	Today in the show, the diary of a Saudi girl, or what happens when your mother tries to
0:46.1	arrange a marriage.
0:47.7	I told her, you know, listen, my mom.
0:51.2	The chance that I will agree to this person is 0.0000101%.
1:04.2	That's Mashed Abdul-Ghani at 19 years old living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1:09.4	Back when we first gave her a recorder to keep an audio diary about her life.
1:13.7	At the time, I was adamant that I wasn't interested in getting married.
1:17.1	This is Mashed now.
1:18.4	She's 27.
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