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Saudi Arabia allows women to drive

Saudi king issues decree allowing women to get driving licenses, state media says; order will be implemented by June 2018

26.09.2017 - Update : 27.09.2017
Saudi Arabia allows women to drive Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz

By Ramazan Turgut

RIYADH

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the kingdom, state media reported.

In a statement released on state television, it was announced that Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud had issued a decree allowing women to get driving licenses.

However, the order will be implemented by June 2018, according to the statement.

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