Saudi Women Gear Up For New Freedom As Driving Ban Ends

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Sat, 06/23/2018 - 7:26pm

RIYADH (Reuters) - Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads at midnight on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.

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