Saudi Arabia king Abdullahbin Abdul-Aziz Al Saudhas overturned a court decision thatwould have seen a woman lashed/ whipped10 times for driving. The king’s decision to stop the lashing was quite asurprise and will surely have far-reachingimplications for all the Saudi women who want to start driving cars themselves.
Interestingly it was only a few days ago that king Abdullahannounced he was giving his country’s women the right to vote, for the firsttime ever. They will even be able to stand as candidates at the next municipalelections in 2015! Perhaps there is a different broom sweeping the oil-rich Middle Eastern country?
*Picture courtesy of Jeddah
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