A CONFRONTING video has emerged from the Middle East that appears to show a man herding young Muslim women with a stick.

The video, taken in Saudi Arabia, shows a man with a large, wooden stick repeatedly banging the hand rail as he apparently orders some veiled women to return indoors.

At the end of the clip, he appears to strike one woman on the head with the stick.

A Saudi feminist who posted the video on Twitter said it showed a high school guard fulfilling his duties “to make sure women are caged until their guardians or drivers come”.

High school guards duties in Saudi: 1- make sure that women fully covered. 2- make sure that women leaving with their drivers or guardians — Moudhi (@Moudhi90) March 29, 2017

“When I was a rebellious teenager, I use to take off my veil when I reached my car. This usually p*ssed off the guard and he used to report me,” she wrote over Twitter.

“Every girl in high school and college has a man outside ‘protecting’ them. Preventing them from leaving with unrelated men.”

The feminist, who goes by the name of Moudhi, described herself as a Saudi feminist who specialised in exposing misogynists.