Welcome to the open road, sisters in Saudi Arabia. There, in a celebration of freedom that has become regular Friday fare in the Middle East and North Africa, women took the wheel and drove themselves about. While no actual law constrains them, women are under a fatwa against taking off driving a car – and are subject to being detained when they do.
Saudi Sisters Taking the Wheel |
| By: Ruth Calvo Saturday June 18, 2011 5:06 pm |


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