Saudi to debate allowing women to drive

Saudi Arabia’s Shura council (appointed parliament) will shortly hold a special session to debate a law allowing women to drive cars, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

The Arabic language daily Al Riyadh said Shura members would debate a proposal by two female members abolishing a long-standing ban on driving by women.

“This is a wonderful proposal. We hope it will see light soon,” the paper said, quoting Shura member Lubna Al Ansari.

Al Riyadh said a poll it had conducted among local journalists showed 92 per cent of them supported the proposal.

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