Repeal of women driving ban tests Saudi reform drive (JMD quoted on AFP)

Sep 27, 2017

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Anuj Chopra

AFP27 September 2017

A woman walks down a street in Riyadh on September 27, 2017, after Saudi Arabia decided to allow women to drive from next June

Saudi Arabia's historic lifting of a ban on women driving will be a litmus test for its king-in-waiting, who has sought to sideline the kingdom's arch-conservatives as he accelerates reforms, a…

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