A Egyptian hotel worker has been arrested in Saudi Arabia after filming himself having breakfast with a female colleague , the country’s labour ministry has said.
The video, which has been shared by thousands in Saudi Arabia, sees the man sitting next to a veiled woman at a hotel.
The owner of the hotel has also been summoned for questioning, according to the ministry.
The footage, which has been shared widely on social media, shows a woman dressed in a burqa eating breakfast with a man and, at one point, feeding him some food.
A labour ministry statement said an inspection team had visited the unidentified hotel and detained the Egyptian for violations including working in a profession restricted to Saudis, without providing details.
Government regulations stipulate that workplaces should ensure a private setting for female employees separate from males, but in practice this is not uniformly applied.
