There’s a pig on our
coffee table. It’s no ordinary pig because it has wings, but then any pig in
Saudi Arabia is extraordinary.
You see in this country pigs are haram or forbidden. Their meat is considered impure and so no one eats pork or any pork derivative. Not surprisingly, images and references
to pigs are also absent in wider social settings. For instance we walked through
Hamley’s toy shop not so long ago, and saw children’s kitty banks, froggy
banks, and cow banks. Piggy banks were notable by their absence.
