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WATCH: Saudi woman offered up to SR50,000 for crashing party

The woman's action has received mixed reaction online, with some even awarding a cash reward for her 'deed'.

Published: Wed 10 Aug 2016, 1:30 PM

Updated: Wed 10 Aug 2016, 8:27 PM

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Saudi Arabia has been abuzz in the past couple of days with the hashtag #??????_????_???_?????, which translates as "a Good Samaritan pulls off the wire of a speaker".
A Saudi woman has been hailed a 'Good Samaritan' for 'crashing a party' in Saudi Arabia.
Local twitterati in the Kingdom was abuzz with reports of a burqa-clad woman, literally, pulling the plug on the music at a public gathering recently.
The Arabic hashtag ??????_????_???_????? had been trending since August 5, which translates to "a Good Samaritan pulls off the wire of a speaker". 
According to a video circulating on social media, seeing women swaying to a traditional song was playing on the speakers, at what seems to be a park, the fully veiled women approached the speaker and angrily tugged on its wire until she pulled it off completely.
The video then shows the woman walking away, leaving everybody in the park shocked.
The incident has received mixed reaction on Twitter, with some approving the action while many disapproving, with some even awarding her a cash reward for the 'deed'.

Some commended her for her action, calling her a 'pure woman'
While there were some who played down her 'good deed', saying she was simply annoyed of the loud volume of the music:
Then there were those who offered her huge sums of money - from Saudi Riyals 50,000 to 100,000!
However, the Saudi Riyal 100,000 offer was taken down.
yousufk@khaleejtimes.com



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