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    Woman In Saudi Arabia Arrested For Wearing Skirt, Crop Top In Video

    The Snapchat video went viral over the weekend. The woman's outfit would be unremarkable in the U.S., but Saudi Arabia has a strict, conservative dress code for women.
    by Camila Domonoske Jul 18, 2017 2 minutes
    A Snapchat video went viral on social media because of what the woman was wearing — and where. Her skirt and shirt violate the strict dress code for women in Saudi Arabia.

    A woman in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after a short Snapchat video showed her wearing a skirt and crop top in the desert heat.

    Her outfit would be unremarkable in the U.S., but it violated Saudi Arabia's strict, conservative dress code for women. The footage went viral online over the weekend.

    On Tuesday, Saudi Arabian state TV that the woman had been taken into

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