I’m talking specifically about black trousers with a loose blue top, finished off with a long patterned jacket. So far, so boring? Not when you consider it was worn by #Michelle #Obama in #SaudiArabia.
This is a country where women must cover their hair in public and most wear niqabs. They also can’t drive or appear in public without a male relative.
The President is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Saudi Arabia is a key ally of the US in the Middle East and criticism is politically difficult.
The UK government decided to fly flags at half-mast to show respect for the death of King Abdullah for the same reason. But while the men carefully stepped around the prickly issue of women’s rights, the First Lady made her own pointed political statement.
