Sample on Most Prevalent Social Issues in Saudi Arabia

Question: Discuss about the article for Most Prevalent Social Problems In Saudi Arabia? Answer: I was born in UAE (United Arab Emirates) where the people have modernized. The effect of the western culture on the society and people has helped the people of UAE to move ahead as well as the inequalities that used to persist has been almost gone. However, when I was fifteen years old, my family moved to KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Once an individual moves from one a country to another, the person faced many issues adjusting in the new environment. However, KSA and UAE hails from the Middle East, yet many differences can be felt in the culture and society. I too faced many difficulties in making friends and understanding the people in the KSA. However, I decided to study the people in KSA and understand their behavior as I did not get the time to study the people in KSA earlier. I was able to study the people of KSA from various perspectives as to support my family had to work in different fields. When in the final year of high school I worked as a security man. After I passed high school, I took up the job of a merchandiser in a cold store and I continued the job for three years. Currently I m working in the Ministry of Interior and my location is the countryside of Saudi Arabia. While I took up the job in the countryside, I got to know more about the social problems in Saudi Arabia. Poverty and family disorganization are the main issues. In addition to this, the women are not treated equally in the country. Hence, I thought of studying bachelors of sociology to understand the problems in a better manner. I found that, there are people who are do not belong to Saudi Arabia, yet they are staying in the country as refugees (Al-Nasser, 2015). The conditions of these people are not right and the problems that they face while staying in a country without any nation is the financial problems. When I referred to (Country-facts.findthedata.com, 2016), I found that, the population of Saudi Arabia is calculated to be 27,345,986. According to the data collected by UN in the year, 2013, the immigrants take up to 30% of the population of Saudi Arabia. (AlNamlah, 2016) Moving on to social problems I found that there is a huge difference in the way the women and the men are treated. Saudi Arabia has a patriarchal society and the works of the women is not being appreciated Saudi Arabia. There are ample of opportunities in KSA, the women are not allowed to take part in the elections and are not allowed to take up certain subjects like chemistry and biology in schools (Cdhr.info, 2016). I felt sad to see that the girls are not allowed to take part in sports and the women would have to sit in the back seats of the bus even if the bus is empty. The saddest part is that a woman cannot complain against a man who has sexually assaulted her. Even if she does so, she took take with her four witnesses. The witness of a woman is considered to be half of a man. Such conditions in a country in the 21st century do not let the country to develop properly and the education of the women is also not complete. Hence, I understood that the discrimination among the male and the female gives rise to problems in the family as the women are not educated to take important decisions in the family. The male members are the ones who are given the right to decide the marriages in the family (Fitch, 2015). Saudi Arabia is not considerate for the people from foreign lands and the foreign workers and the minorities in the countries are not given the legal rights and protection that are available for the citizens in the country. I too faced many issues while I was doing the job of the security man. The groups are minorities in the country from the religion point of view like the Christians, Hindus, Shia Muslims and Jews are not given the equal rights that the other citizen enjoy in the country (Indexmundi.com, 2016). The discrimination can be seen among the religious minorities as far as education is concerned (Al-Nasser, 2015). While I worked as a merchandiser, I found that the religious minorities are not allowed to practice their religion openly as per the rule of the country. The discrimination goes to such an extent that non-Wahhabi Sunni Muslims are also discriminated in the country. The workers in the country are hugely exploited as the government of Saudi does not have any minimum wage for labors in the country. Hence, it is up to the county to decide the minimum age without answering the government. As a security man, I used to get very less salary with which was unable support family the way I should. In addition to this, the workers are not given the right to organize any strike if the employer indulges in unethical acts or takes any illegal decision against the workers of the organizations. Hence, the poor population are continued to being exploited in the country. Eventually, the social problems affected the economic conditions of the country (Musad Alanazi Lone, 2015). The king who is presently ruling KSA started his journey with social unrests and economic problems. The oil prices are decreasing at a steep rate and the country is finding it tough to face the terrorist attacks in the country. The unemployment rate in the country is also due to the social unrest in the country. The main reason behind of the downfall of the economy of the country is that the country is heavily depended on the oil industry for the revenue. Most of the youth work in the oil industry and remaining are searching for jobs (Saudiembassy.net, 2016). Hence, once the oil industry gets affected, it hugely affects the economy of the country. As a result, I chose the jobs that is not directly related to the oil industry. There is a tough completion to land up a job in the oil industry. Moreover, it has been discussed that the women in the country are not given the same pl atform as the male members, hence, the even if the women try their hands in jobs, and they are being restricted from any good job in the country. Thus, a huge pool of talent that can be available for the country is wasted as the women are allowed to work in the country. The male populations are taught from childhood that they are more powerful than women. They also grow up seeing that oil is the main source of income for the family. Hence, they become more laidback at work and indulge in discriminating the women. All the factors together contribute for the problems in Saudi Arabia and the disorganization of family. As a foreign individual, I found it difficult to adjust in the country, as the foreign workers are not given the same respects and rights that the citizens of the Saudi Arabia enjoy. Thus, I found that social problems in Saudi Arabia have its roots from the wrong education and the growing social problems in the country. The country always lives under the fear of terrorist attack and overtly depended on the oil industry. The immigrants constitute 30% of the population and hence, it is an extra burden for the country. The women are also treated badly in KSA. To study get an in-depth view of the people in the country, I thought of taking up Bachelors of Sociology as a major course of study. References: AlNamlah, L. (2016).What are the Most Prevalent Social Problems In Saudi Arabia? - Quora.Quora.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016, from https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-prevalent-social-problems-in-Saudi-Arabia Al-Nasser, A. (2015). Problems of English Language Acquisition in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory-cum-remedial Study.TPLS,5(8), 1612. https://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0508.10 Cdhr.info,. (2016).Issues. Retrieved 10 February 2016, from https://www.cdhr.info/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=78:artissuescatid=34:staticpagesItemid=66 Country-facts.findthedata.com,. (2016).Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates - Country Facts Comparison. Retrieved 10 February 2016, from https://country-facts.findthedata.com/compare/15-32/Saudi-Arabia-vs-United-Arab-Emirates Fitch, A. 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