“I the beginning, I had not expected to become a pilot of F16,” Mariam said in a film broadcast by Abu Dhabi television on Wednesday night.
“But thanks God, our dream which has been fulfilled thanks to the support of the leadership, government and our instructors….….I would like to say that both Emirati men and women have the right to work in any field with determination, faith, resolution and sincerity to serve our beloved homeland.”
Watch Mariam in military uniform before she boarded her US-built F16 aircraft and roared away…
UPDATE: This story claims she has be disowned by her family for bombing Sunni targets.
She was probably disowned by her clan.
ReplyDeleteEmirati women don't have any rights and freedom in reality, expat women in UAE have more rights and freedom than Emirati women
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
Flogging and stoning are legal punishments in the UAE
Between 2007 and 2013, many people in the UAE were sentenced to 100 lashes
http://7daysindubai.com/news-14918/
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=281982
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/illicit-lovers-sentenced-to-100-lashes-each-1.712261
http://fanack.com/en/countries/uae/administration-politics/torture-and-flogging/
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/courtroundup/2013/September/courtroundup_September33.xml§ion=courtroundup
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/adulterer-to-be-lashed-jailed-in-sharjah-1.624274
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/courts/prison-for-couple-who-conceived-outside-of-wedlock
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/06/the-court-in-abu-dhabi-ruled-today-that-the-18-year-old-emirati-woman-who-accused-six-men-of-gang-rape-will-serve-a-one-year.html
The truth about the UAE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates#Law