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19 March 2024

Video: Saudi woman drives in ban defiance

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A Saudi woman drove her car in the streets of the capital Riyadh at mid night and told other women in a recorded film that they should defy the ban and follow suit.

The woman, identified as Umm Abdulmohsen, said in the You Tube film :”I am now driving in Riyadh safely and peacefully… if you (women) can drive well and are not nervous, then no one will bother you….you must break the barrier of fear and drive.”

The Arabic 'Ajel' newspaper, which published the film, said Umm Abdulmohsen drove her car  in the capital on Friday night ahead of a fresh campaign by Saudi women on October 26 to defy the long-standing ban on female driving in the conservative Kingdom, the only country to prevent women from driving cars.