This unattended sign was in a department store which also had a most interesting phenomenon: female sales clerks working there, at least in the cosmetics department! I had heard about this program of “feminization” in commercial enterprises but had never seen it being implemented. The women were of course dressed in abayas and niqab (all-covering face veil), but the entire department was staffed by them. I thought this to be a most encouraging sign that women are at last becoming part of the workforce here.

This image was previously posted in another gallery, but I'm including it here because it fits with the gallery theme.