The Illegal Street Racers Of Saudi Arabia
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The street racers of Saudi Arabia are more than just kids having fun with cars, they’re actually political rebels.
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Sources:
Riyadh rage: inside Saudi Arabia’s joyriding craze
The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/22/saudia-arabia-joyriding-cars-drifting-street-racing-riyadh-rage
“Fuelled by boredom, anger and alienation, young people are stealing cars and racing them at terrifying speeds through Saudi Arabia’s biggest cities. Even Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard cut his teeth as a joyrider fighting pitched battles with local police.”
Going nowhere fast: analysing the joyriders of Saudi Arabia
The National – http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/going-nowhere–fast-analysing-the-joyriders-of-saudi-arabia#full
“As more and more cars joined in, the procession snaked its way through the sprawling city like a massive hydra, adrenalin-filled shouting peppering the blasting music and the roaring engines,” writes Pascal Menoret, the author of a new book about joyriding in one of the world’s most conservative Islamic countries.”
Fast and furious
The Economist – http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21602986-motors-and-mayhem-saudi-arabia-fast-and-furious
“In Saudi dialect, explains Mr Menoret, the word describes the “subtle and incapacitating torpor” that results from a dawning sense of worthlessness and social inadequacy. Common among the young and working class in Riyadh, a city he calls “a selective El Dorado where only a handful became rich”, this state of dejection generates not merely ennui but a detached indifference which itself can be intoxicating and even revolutionary.”
Saudis Race All Night, Fueled by Boredom
The New York Times – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/world/middleeast/08drift.html?_r=0
“The young men start gathering around midnight, on a broad strip of highway between the desert and the sea. By 1 a.m. there are hundreds of them, standing in clusters alongside their cars, glancing around uneasily for the police.”
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