{"id":92486,"date":"2018-06-25T12:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T05:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-pictures-saudi-arabian-women-celebrate-driving-for-the-first-time-in-the-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T07:04:15","slug":"in-pictures-saudi-arabian-women-celebrate-driving-for-the-first-time-in-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-pictures-saudi-arabian-women-celebrate-driving-for-the-first-time-in-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Saudi Arabian women celebrate driving for the first time in the kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSaudi Arabia will allow women to drive from June 24 ending the worlds only ban on female motorists a historic reform marred by what rights groups call an expanding crackdown on activists. The move which follows a sweeping crackdown on women activists who long opposed the ban is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s wideranging reform drive to modernise the kingdom.
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\nSource : arabianbusiness.com
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