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Saudi Arabia issues first driving licences to women

Saudi Arabia started issuing its first driving licences to women weeks before the kingdom lifts a ban on female drivers. The general traffic directorate on Monday began replacing internationally recognised driving licences held by women with Saudi ones across the country, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Ten Saudi women were issued national licences after they swapped their foreign ones at the General Department of Traffic in multiple cities, […]

today5 June 2018

International News

Saudi women driving ban lifted: Euphoria and sarcasm

Barely a week after a senior Saudi cleric said women in the country should not be allowed to drive because they have "a quarter the brainpower of men", Saudi Arabia's king issued a decree that women will now be able to obtain a driver's licence. The decree said that women would be allowed to drive "in accordance with the Islamic laws" and a high-level committee of ministers has been set […]

today27 September 2017

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