http://www.babble.com.au/2008/11/27/progress-to-be-thankful-for-saudi-arabian-girl-rockers/ The magazine for a new generation of parents Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.babble.com.au/2008/11/27/progress-to-be-thankful-for-saudi-arabian-girl-rockers/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Keystone Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:54:55 +0000 http://www.babble.com.au/2008/11/27/progress-to-be-thankful-for-saudi-arabian-girl-rockers/#comment-601 They are not the first (or last) Saudi rock band, and they are not the first Saudi all-girl band either. Chicks Behind Walls [link: <a href="http://myspace.com/chicksbehindwalls]" rel="nofollow">http://myspace.com/chicksbehindwalls]</a> are Saudi's first all-girl rock band. A fellow Saudi band who is also struggling is Sandstoned [link: <a href="http://myspace.com/sandstoned1];" rel="nofollow">http://myspace.com/sandstoned1];</a> three of the band members, including the vocalist, are Saudi nationals. Regardless of gender, all rock artists in Saudi Arabia struggle to find live venues; the laws in the Kingdom are gender-blind when it comes to such matters of propriety. They are not the first (or last) Saudi rock band, and they are not the first Saudi all-girl band either. Chicks Behind Walls [link: http://myspace.com/sandstoned1; three of the band members, including the vocalist, are Saudi nationals. Regardless of gender, all rock artists in Saudi Arabia struggle to find live venues; the laws in the Kingdom are gender-blind when it comes to such matters of propriety.

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