Posted on 09/26/2017 4:09:45 PM PDT by cba123
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the repression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom.
The change, which will take effect in June of next year, was announced on state television and in a simultaneous media event in Washington. The decision highlights the damage that the no-driving policy has done to the kingdom’s international reputation and its hopes for a public relations benefit from the reform.
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Didn't see it posted, just for your review.
So, can they drive out alone; or only with a male relation?
That’s mighty white of them.
The accident rate will go up unless they are allowed to take the bags off their heads.
Whoa.
I hope they have a progressive allowance plan in place. Suddenly throwing a bunch of neophytes on the road (with hijabs blocking view to boot) might be dangerous.
http://www.bawabatii.com/news153378.html
Not so fast...If my Google translation is accurate, there’s a ****load of conditions.
Yup, get a load of the fine print. But gotta start somewhere, I guess...
When I was there my future husband, also there, let me drive the rental around the driveway. I missed driving
The Saudi women thought they could liberate and drive. They got physically punished. Some of the Saudi women were nice to us
This is big
I hope they teach them to turn off the turning signal instead of cruising at 35 mph in the fast lane for 20 miles with it on.
they will still have to be accompanied.
This is not the beginning. This is not the end. This is the beginning of the End.
I predict this does not go well.
We won’t hear about that part.
I was going to post this!! GMTA
In a Related-Story, Auto Insurance Rates In Saudi Arabia to Skyrocket.
This is the greatest !
Please, share this around.
This is just a guess, but knowing these people the Wahhabi faithful will require fifty lashes if they’re caught driving with a non-immediate family member in the car. There’s has to be some trade off. Mind you, Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel are almost equally “doctrinaire”. There are just no whips, stoning, or beheading involved.
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