Emirates 24/7 reports that during the Eid al-Fitr holidays three women in Saudi Arabia reported they went out driving, with no problems from the authorities.
Three women defy Saudi ban on driving
Three Saudi women took
advantage of Eid Al-Fitr that ended the fasting month of Ramadan and drove their
cars in defiance of a long-standing ban on female driving in the conservative
Gulf Kingdom, newspapers said on Monday.
Two women
separately sat behind the wheel and drove cars through the streets of the
western Red Sea port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city. Another
woman in the eastern province of Ihsa drove her car for several hours to visit
relatives on Eid occasion, the papers reported.
“I drove my
car for hours but I was not stopped by the police or harassed by men although I
stopped for petrol,” said Tahani Al Jahni from Jeddah.
Tarfa
Abdullah from Ihsa said she drove her car to visit relatives and friends and
returned home without any incident.
“Police did
not stop me although I drove for several hours…I have a driving licence from
another Arab country,” she said. “I was very happy to drive and return home
without any incident because I don’t want to wait for taxi for hours…private
drivers have also become too expensive.”
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