WOMAN IN SAUDI ARABIA HITS,THE RAID IN SUNDAY USHERING IN THE END OF THE WORLD’S LAST BAN ON FEMALE DRIVERS ,LONG SEEN AS AN EMBLEM OF WOMAN’S REPRESSION IN THE DEEPLY CONSERVATION MUSLIM KINGDOM .
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” BUSINESSWOMAN SAMAH AL-QUSAIBI SAID AS SHE CRUISED AROUND THE EASTERN CITY OF KHUBAR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT,WITH POLICE LOOKING ON . “TODAY WE ARE HEAR ,” SHE SAID FROM DRIVER SEAT . “YESTERDAY WE SAT THERE,” SHE ADDED ,POINTING TO THE BACK. THA BAN’S END ORDERED LAST SEPTEMBER BY KING SALMAN IS PART OF SWEEPING REFORMS PUSHED BY HIS POWERFUL SON,CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN ,
IN A BID TO TRANSFORM THE ECONOMY OF THE WORLD’S TOP OIL EXPORTER AND OPEAN UP ITS CLOISTERED SOCIETY. “IT IS OUR RIGHT AND FINALLY WE TOOK IT.IT IS ONLY MATTER OF TIME FOR A SOCIETY TO ACCEPT IT ,GENERALLY ,”SAID SAMIRA AL-GHAMDI,A 47 YEAR OLD PSYCHOLOGIST FROM JEDDAH ,AS SHE DROVE HERSELF TO WORK.