Can Social Media Help Saudi Arabian Women Drive?

Women of Saudi Arabia have not been allowed to drive a vehicle since 1979. But you may wonder what happens when a woman from the Middle Eastern country comes to the U.S. and learns how to drive and returns to her native country. Does she try to drive in the country that forbids it? Well…yes and more.

Women of Saudi Arabia have not been allowed to drive a vehicle since 1979. But you may wonder what happens when a woman from the Middle Eastern country comes to the U.S. and learns how to drive and returns to her native country. Does she try to drive in the country that forbids it? Well… yes, and more.

Manal Al-Sharif learned to drive in the U.S. and has improved her skills to the point where she’s grown fed up with the ban in her home country.

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