Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Here’s how women in Saudi Arabia reacted to news that they’ll finally be allowed to drive

Here's how women in Saudi Arabia reacted to news that they'll finally be allowed to drive

In 1990, Madeha al Ajroush and 46 other women did something revolutionary. The group dismissed their drivers and got behind the wheels of cars in downtown Riyadh. "We just drove the car," she told NPR years later. "It was exhilarating. It was great." For their rebellion, the women were fired from their jobs and denounced […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/26/heres-how-women-in-saudi-arabia-reacted-to-news-that-theyll-finally-be-allowed-to-drive/

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