Friday, 24 February 2017

Nike's New Women in Sports Ad Striking Nerve in Arab World

Nike's New Women in Sports Ad Striking Nerve in Arab World

An online commercial released by Nike this week that showed Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its attempt to smash stereotypes about women leading home-bound lives in the conservative region. It begins with a woman nervously peering out of her doorway and adjusting her veil before going for a run in the street, while a female voice narrates in a Saudi dialect: "What will they say about you? Maybe they'll say you exceeded all expectations."
Read more: http://fortune.com/2017/02/23/nike-women-sports-arab-world/?source=Snapzu

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