Excerpts from article:
Sharjah: A family were in for a shock recently when a woman attacked one of their male family members and tried to rob him in the elevator of their residential building.
"These types of incidents are waiting to happen and unless action is taken, this will keep happening and something worse might occur. We informed the real estate [company] and they asked us to be on watch," said Joseph.
The incident took place last on Saturday at a building in Butina at around 6.15am. Joseph's uncle, Joy E., 48, was on his way to work when a woman in a veil entered the elevator.
"She snatched a bag from my uncle and was trying to get hold of his wallet and watch. My uncle is strong and tried to resist her attacks, and when the elevator stopped on the first floor he ran out," Joseph pointed out. The watchman was not there when his uncle reached the ground floor.
"During the struggle, my uncle managed to lift the veil of the person and saw the face was indeed of a woman. We heard such incidents happening in other buildings as well," he said, although Joseph did not report the matter to police.
Now this I found funny. Since when did they stop taking the "word" of people.
"People can be malicious and we cannot open a case based only on their word. There should at least be witnesses or video footage from the CCTV," said the police official.
Today, it seems like so long ago, but the women have come far since then. 
me. And its totally due to cultural habbits by the way.
