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Saudi women can drive, but are their voices being heard?

  • Written by Nermin Allam, Assistant Professor of Politics, Rutgers University Newark
A woman in Saudi Arabia drives to work for the first time in Riyadh.AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on women’s driving. The move is part of a series of reforms that the country has been implementing. In April the kingdom loosened male guardianship laws – under which women need the...

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