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Saudi Arabia – Woman Driver Manal Al Sharif Released From Detention

Royal Command

Saudi woman activist Manal Al Sharif has just been released from police detention by order of the Saudi king.  Manal Al Sharif was arrested last week for driving a car in Saudi Arabia where women are not permitted to drive.  But her arrest did not discourage other women activists who were campaigning for their right [...]

Saudi Women Ask, Why Drive?

The Ban On Women Driving In Saudi Arabia

A ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was introduced in the 1990s after 49 women, together with their husbands and brothers, drove round Riyadh in a convoy of 15 cars, all driven by women, in an attempt to bring up the issue of allowing women to drive. Before [...]

Saudi Arabia – Hope For Women Drivers

Change May Be Coming Soon

Saudi Arabia is one country where women are not allowed to drive.  But now there is a ray of hope that change may be coming soon.  If Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has his way, Saudi women may soon be permitted to drive, and that may solve another of Saudi Arabia’s problem – [...]

Lawyer Says Saudi Man Who Boasted About His Sex Life On TV Wins Appeal

 Update On Mazen Abdul Jawad

Remember Mazen Abdul Jawad, the Saudi divorcee with 4 children who worked for an airline?  He became famous, or rather infamous, after appearing on the Bold (or Thick) Red Line program aired by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in conservative Saudi Arabia.  In it he boasted about his various sexual escapades. He spoke of [...]