Man arrested in Saudi Arabia for having breakfast with woman

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Man arrested in Saudi Arabia for having breakfast with woman

By Euan McKirdy and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN

Updated 1:20 PM ET, Tue September 11, 2018

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"The labor ministry arrested an expatriate in Jeddah after he appeared in an offensive video," said the ministry's statement, which was published on Sunday. Local media identified the man as Egyptian, saying that the video was shot in the lobby of the hotel where both the man and woman work.
"Come have breakfast with us," the man, identified in the local media reports by a single name, Bahaa, says during the video. The video also shows the woman feeding him a piece of food.

The video went viral, eliciting a backlash from conservatives in the kingdom, where public space is generally gender-segregated.
The labor ministry said it arrested the man in the "offensive video" with a woman at the reception area of a Jeddah hotel. The man is also accused of "working in a profession reserved for Saudis," the ministry said without explaining the nature of the job.

Their employer was summoned and is accused of violating rules regulating women's placement at work, the ministry added.......................................