Saudi Women Drive on Anniversary of Campaign to End Ban
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Aziza al-Yousef said she took a 15-minute drive in the Saudi capital today to mark the first anniversary of a campaign to end the ban on women drivers in the kingdom.
Al-Yousef, a 52-year-old computer science university lecturer, said she encountered no problems driving in support of a call by the My Right to Dignity campaign. Saudi Arabia follows the Wahhabi version of Sunni Islam, and religious police formally known as the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice ensure strict gender segregation at public places such as restaurants and schools.