Riyadh: A Saudi video mocking the kingdom's unique ban on female driving has gone viral, featuring a male performer singing "no woman, no drive", an adaptation of Bob Marley's famous song. (Watch the video)
Nearly 3.5 million people had seen the 4:15-minute video by today, two days after the adaptation of the reggae legend's "no woman, no cry" had been posted on YouTube.
"Say I remember when you used to sit, in the family car, but backseat," sings Hisham Fageeh, a Saudi who introduces himself as an artist social activist, dressed in traditional white thawb cloak and heckered red headgear.
At least 16 women were stopped by police while at the wheel on Saturday. They were fined and forced along with their male guardians to pledge to obey the conservative-kingdom's laws.
"Ovaries are safe and well, so you can make lots and lots of babies," he sings.
Women who in the past have defied the ban, which is not even enshrined in law, have run into trouble with the authorities.
In 2011, police arrested a number of women who defied the ban and forced them to sign a pledge not to drive again.
The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival this month introduced Fageeh as an up-and-running stand-up comedian who performs in Arabic and English.
Nearly 3.5 million people had seen the 4:15-minute video by today, two days after the adaptation of the reggae legend's "no woman, no cry" had been posted on YouTube.
"Say I remember when you used to sit, in the family car, but backseat," sings Hisham Fageeh, a Saudi who introduces himself as an artist social activist, dressed in traditional white thawb cloak and heckered red headgear.
At least 16 women were stopped by police while at the wheel on Saturday. They were fined and forced along with their male guardians to pledge to obey the conservative-kingdom's laws.
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"Ovaries are safe and well, so you can make lots and lots of babies," he sings.
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Women who in the past have defied the ban, which is not even enshrined in law, have run into trouble with the authorities.
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In 2011, police arrested a number of women who defied the ban and forced them to sign a pledge not to drive again.
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The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival this month introduced Fageeh as an up-and-running stand-up comedian who performs in Arabic and English.
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