Landmark day for Saudi women as kingdom's controversial driving ban ends

[Devil Child]

Source: CNN

Women in Saudi Arabia can legally get behind the wheel of a car for the first time Sunday as the kingdom lifts its longstanding ban on women driving.

The end of the controversial ban brings the ultra-conservative Gulf nation into line with the rest of the world. It also represents the culmination of years of campaigning by activists who have sometimes been arrested and imprisoned for their efforts.

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For some, though, the jubilation Sunday at realizing a hard-won freedom will be tempered by the arrests last month of a number of Saudi rights activists, including some who have played a prominent role in the fight for women's right to drive.

They were accused of "suspicious contact with foreign entities," according to a statement on Saudi Arabia's official news agency.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/23/middleeast/saudi-women-driving-ban-lifts-intl/index.html

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Some hard fought progress for the women of Saudi Arabia. I wish them continued success for the coming fights ahead.

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1. I got into a Twitter spat with a Saudi woman (I think)

Apparently Saudi women are crediting the lifting of the driving ban to Traitor Tot because the government announced it right after his little Magic Orb visit. She thought he was the greatest President ever. I tried to set her straight, but eventually just had to put her on ignore. Unless she was a Russian troll who posted tweets in Arabic a lot. (I checked out her page) You never know with these people. I just thought it was really odd.

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3. No, he's pretty popular in the arab world

They also really hated Obama despite all the attempts he made to try and mend US relations in the arab world.

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4. Yeah, they seem to love authoritarian types in that part of the world. I put her on mute

when she started praising his blowing up of the Iran deal.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Abuse of the word "landmark". Better use....right to vote, right to hold political office etc.

Which, by the way, is legal in Iran. Saudi Arabia is in the dark ages, women driving cars is not enlightenment.