{"id":210022,"date":"2019-02-26T18:25:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=210022"},"modified":"2019-02-27T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:29:20","slug":"the-women-only-passenger-car-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/the-women-only-passenger-car-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"The women-only passenger car in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai \u2013 In the women-only passenger car in Dubai\u2019s metro system bound to the street market of the old city, Souk Deira, I was waiting for my destination with curiosity. In the emirate, the entire metro system has designated carriages which are only for women and children. The one-piece train had a single line in the floor separating the area reserved for women. Subject to an AED 100 fine (approximately USD 27), the limit was respected by the men using the public transport, who glanced more curiously than lustfully into the car.<\/p>\n

Despite being one of the most progressive cities in the Middle East, Dubai still have conservative customs. The religion is Islam. The mosques have separate prayer rooms for men or women, so it occurs to me that the women-only passenger car may be more a result of this culture \u2013 for them, a way to protect women. I had thought I would be bothered by this separation, but I felt quite comfortable and safe. Since the subway was packed, there were no women in the mixed car, but in other times I myself used the other cars without any problems.<\/p>\n

Just as the city itself, the trains were very clean and safe, as well as very low-noise, and inside the women-only passenger car we could see people from all over the world, tourists and working-class women, Eastern and Western, using shorts or headscarves, talking and texting in several languages. All of them in one place, Philippines, Indians, French, English, Chinese, Americans, Brazilians \u2013 we were all equal there.<\/p>\n

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