Dubai Police impound vehicles as motorists fined over stunt-driving in rain in UAE
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Saudi women use wedding contracts to assert right to drive
Wedding contracts have long been a safety net for brides in the deeply patriarchal society, used to guarantee demands
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A year after lifting of driving ban, Saudi women savour new freedom
Until June 24 last year, driving would have been considered a crime in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia to put detained women activists on trial
More than a dozen activists were arrested in May last year, just before the historic lifting of a ban on women drivers
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Steering a new course in Saudi Arabia
With the first female drivers taking to the roads in Saudi Arabia, Arabian Business looks at the range of opportunities that the law change will open up
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Renault hands keys of F1 car Saudi woman at Le Castellet circuit
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of her national motorsport federation, took the wheel of the same car in which Kimi Raikkonen won the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Women drivers will boost petrol demand, says Saudi oil minister
Saudi oil minister Khalid Al-Falih said he was looking forward to his daughters being able to drive
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Uber to allow female drivers in Saudi Arabia to select preference for drivers
74 percent of women queried by the ride-hailing app said they would only be interested in driving other women
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‘I feel free like a bird’, says writer Samar Almogren about driving in Riyadh
Samar Almogren writes about driving in Saudi Arabia for the first time
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Saudi Arabian women celebrate driving in the kingdom for the first time
Women in Riyadh and other cities began zipping around streets bathed in amber light soon after the ban was lifted at midnight, with some blasting music from behind the wheel
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Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban
Move is expected to boost women’s employment and add $90 billion to economic output by 2030
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Uber launches new portal to attract Saudi women drivers
Registration portal to serve as a one-stop shop for Saudi women interested in driving for the ride hailing app once the ban is lifted in the kingdom
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Saudi Arabia says 17 detained in sweeping crackdown
Nine suspects, including four women, remain in custody after they ‘confessed’ to a slew of charges such as suspicious contact with ‘hostile’ organisations and recruiting people in sensitive government positions
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Saudi Arabia frees fourth activist after crackdown
Campaigners say Walaa al-Shubbar, Aisha al-Mana, Hessa al-Sheikh and Madeha al-Ajroush have been released after being among at least 11 activists arrested last week
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Saudis step up arrests of women’s rights advocates, campaigners say
Without naming those detained, authorities have accused them of ‘suspicious contact with foreign parties’, providing financial support to enemies and attempting to undermine the kingdom’s ‘security and stability’