The private lives of women in Saudi Arabia

British photographer Olivia Arthur (born 1980) is interested in cultural differences and the role and position of women in different countries. She has done photographic projects in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, as well as in her native England. Since 2010, Olivia has been exhibiting her photographs in London. She also publishes picture books, the first of which was The Jeddah Diaries, about her time in Saudi Arabia.

1. Jeddah, 2009 (Olivia Arthur)

2. Saudi woman in special clothes for prayer at home. (Olivia Arthur)

3. Student Women's University Effat in Jeddah. (Olivia Arthur)

4. The girl is resting at home. (Olivia Arthur)

5. Watch TV at home. (Olivia Arthur)

6. "Sleeping" tent Lighty. (Olivia Arthur)

7. Girl on the side of the road in Saudi Arabia. (Olivia Arthur)

8. Al Shallal Amusement Park. (Olivia Arthur)

9. Girls on the private beach of Durrat Al Arous. (Olivia Arthur)

10. Diana bathes in her Islamic bathing suit. (Olivia Arthur)

11. A girl is sunbathing on a private beach. (Olivia Arthur)

12. A couple at a private party. (Olivia Arthur)

13. Jeddah, 2010 (Olivia Arthur)

14. Lighty and her sister are fooling around on the roof of the house. (Olivia Arthur)

15. Saudi woman in clothes for meeting guests. (Olivia Arthur)

16. Mother and child are waiting for relatives in a popular fast food restaurant in Jeddah. (Olivia Arthur)