Saudi women are in the driver’s seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted.
TEL AVIV – Saudi Arabia has recently become embroiled in a debate over the notion that polygamy could provide the solution to the problem of single women in the kingdom, with some proponents saying men should take three wives – a single woman, a widow, and a divorcee – thus alleviating the burden of spinsters on society.
The secret departure of two Saudi students to South Korea last week has sparked a heated debate in the ultraconservative kingdom about the status of women there. The two women disappeared on Thursday and resurfaced later that day in South
JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi Ministry of Labor has published a list of professions from which women are banned. A ministry official told Al Arabiya Online that the list is meant to protect women’s rights and prevent them from practicing
JAFFA, Israel – Turkey will replace 50 male immigration officers with women to “cater to Saudi visitors,” an Ankara government official told the London-based Al Hayat newspaper. The decision was made “out of respect for the sensitivities and privacy of
JAFFA, Israel – Women are now allowed to stay in hotels without a male companion, the Saudi Tourist Board has decided in a landmark move. Saudi women will no longer be required to check in with a “legitimate” male relative
Jaffa, Israel – The Security Affairs Committee of the Shoura Council, an arm of the Saudi Arabian parliament, has drafted a paper recommending that Saudi women be granted passports without permission from their male guardians, the Saudi news site Ozak reported.