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Saudi Prince Breaks Ranks: Women Should Be Allowed To Drive
NBC News ^ | NOV 30 2016 | ALIYAH FRUMIN

Posted on 11/30/2016 3:42:16 PM PST by nickcarraway

A Saudi prince implored his country on Wednesday to dump the kingdom's longstanding ban on women drivers, calling it "unjust" and an "infringement on a woman's right."

Aziza Yousef drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 29, 2014, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. Hasan Jamali / AP Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that prohibits women drivers.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal took to Twitter to say "Stop the debate: Time for women to drive." He also issued a statement making an economic and social argument in favor of allowing women to get behind the wheel.

The prince does not hold a government position but is an influential and wealthy business magnate.

"Preventing a woman from driving a car is today an issue of rights similar to the one that forbade her from receiving an education or having an independent identity," he said. "…Such a ban on driving is fundamentally an infringement on a woman's rights, particularly as it continues to exist after she had won her right to an education and a salaried employment."

Related: Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabian Prince, Pushes Rapid Change

Prince Alwaleed also argued the ban hurts the economy because it prevents women from entering the workforce. "There are more than one million Saudi women in need of a safe means of transportation to take them to work every morning." He added, "The situation obviously takes its toll on the national economy for it undermines the productivity of the workforce."

PlayHistoric Election: Women Vote for the First Time in Saudi Arabia Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed Historic Election: Women Vote for the First Time in Saudi Arabia 0:24 His remarks are a departure from other members in the royal family. Deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud said in April that the country is "not ready" for women drivers.

Saudi Arabia has consistently been ranked as one of the worst countries for gender equality. Women there are forbidden to wear clothes or make-up that "show off their beauty," must limit the amount of time they spend with men who aren't family members and are not allowed to use public swimming pools.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: saudiarabia
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1 posted on 11/30/2016 3:42:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
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off a cliff i hope


2 posted on 11/30/2016 3:43:03 PM PST by brucedickinson
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To: nickcarraway

More WINNING!!!!

;-)


3 posted on 11/30/2016 3:43:20 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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4 posted on 11/30/2016 3:43:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Once you’re on that slippery slope, you don’t know where it ends . . . .


5 posted on 11/30/2016 3:44:14 PM PST by kaehurowing
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First its driving then pretty soon they start asking for lipstick. Dont do it.


6 posted on 11/30/2016 3:46:55 PM PST by BRL
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To: nickcarraway

he must not want to live anymore.


7 posted on 11/30/2016 3:53:37 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Fatima, bar the door!


8 posted on 11/30/2016 3:53:59 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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To: BRL

They already use makeup-——lots of it,when with other women.

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9 posted on 11/30/2016 3:54:23 PM PST by Mears
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To: nickcarraway

Even if that becomes the official law there, the women would be right to be very careful about it. Because there are always going to be some nuts who will disagree with the law, and carry out their disagreement violently.


10 posted on 11/30/2016 3:57:08 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Where will this end? Next thing you know husbands won’t be allowed to beat their wives.


11 posted on 11/30/2016 4:00:18 PM PST by colorado tanker
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“calling it “unjust” and an “infringement on a woman’s right.”

That’s so cute and liberal.

For equal rights and further engagement, maybe he should speak the language of the Jihadists SA funds and unleashes on others: “when a woman is indoctrinated and permitted to blow herself up and kill others in the process, then being allowed to drive is ...”


12 posted on 11/30/2016 4:02:22 PM PST by odds
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I was going to say something similar, then duck.


13 posted on 11/30/2016 4:03:23 PM PST by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: Mears

Kind of like it is here?


14 posted on 11/30/2016 4:04:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: colorado tanker

my first phone call to a business associate, a saudi went something like this.

Me: How is Magda?

Al-S-— She is stoned.

Me: I hope she isn’t driving home.

Al-S-— I don’t think that’s going to be a problem for two reasons.


15 posted on 11/30/2016 4:08:09 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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‘You can drive but you’ll still have to get a clitorectomy.’

Damn near modern.


16 posted on 11/30/2016 4:15:41 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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Oh no! Next they’ll be letting women vote!!!!!

Lots of good “women drivers” vids on Youtube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wT7zM8XgXQ


17 posted on 11/30/2016 4:19:51 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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Al-S-— She is stoned.

Lol! You're bad... but I like the joke! (Not that I condone it, but it is funny.)

18 posted on 11/30/2016 4:30:56 PM PST by roadcat
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50 point bonus fill in the blanks after the S


19 posted on 11/30/2016 4:32:47 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: BenLurkin

you are an ignorant man


20 posted on 11/30/2016 4:34:39 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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