Photo: 3 Men Deported FromSaudi Arabia For Being ''TooAttractive'' For Women

Three men were forcibly
removed from an annual culture
festival in Saudi Arabia and
subsequently sent back to the
UAE after it was deemed that
women could find them
irresistible.
The delegates from the UAE were in
attendance at the Jenadrivah
Heritage & Culture Festival in Riyadh,
the Saudi capital when religious
police officers stormed the stand and
evicted the men because "they are
too handsome," according to the
Arabic language newspaper, Elaph.
"A festival official said the three
Emiratis were taken out on the
grounds they are too handsome and
that the Commission members
feared female visitors could fall for
them," Elaph reported.
Saudi Arabia is a deeply religious and
conservative society which forbids
women from interacting with
unrelated males.
Following the incident, Elaph said
the festival's management took
swift action to deport the trio back to
Abu Dhabi, capital of the Emirates.
The UAE released an official
statement indicating that the
religious police were anxious over
the unexpected presence of an
unnamed female artist in the
pavilion.
"Her visit to the UAE stand was a
coincidence as it was not included in
the programme which we had
already provided to the festival's
management," Saeed Al Kaabi, head
of the UAE delegation to the festival,
said in a statement.