getting a room

In the short story the hotel teller says right at the beginning "I
can't give you a room it's against the law for woman." At first she
cannot understand why she cannot get a room, earlier she did not tell
them she was a woman, so they suspected that she was a man, and got a
room with no problem. This is a prime example about the roles of woman
and men in Middle Eastern society. Also woman in the culture cannot
even walk down a public street without the proper attire, as well as
without a male escort. This is why it will be more and more difficult
for some of the countries in this region of the world to become
modern, because while half of there people are not allowed to even be
educated, only half of their people are allowed to have a chance at
succeeding in life.

ASM