WATCH: First female driving license being issued in Saudi Arabia

[OnlinePoker]

Source: Alarabiya

A historic moment unfolded in Saudi Arabia on Monday when, after months of preparations, the first driving license was issued to a woman.

A video, that quickly went viral, showed the woman being handed over the driving license by the officials. “Thousands of congratulations to the daughters of the homeland, being issued the first license in Saudi Arabia,” the tweet read.

الف الف الف الف مبروك ل بنات الوطن
إصدار اول رخصة قياده في السعوديه pic.twitter.com/GRUNxJxpaq
— سعود الزمانان (@saudalzmanan) June 4, 2018

Earlier last month, the date of the issuing of licenses was announced. Saudi women will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom from June 24, the General Department of Traffic Director General Mohammed al-Bassami had then said.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/06/04/WATCH-First-female-driving-license-being-issued-in-Saudi-Arabia-.html

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Slow progress, but at least it's going in the right direction.

[ProudLib72]

1. I'd be very afraid if I were a woman

When I lived there, one of the kids in my 8th grade class used to drive around. I'm sure he didn't have a license. But the rule was, if he was in an accident with a woman driver (this was on the American compound), the woman was automatically at fault. Granted, that was in the mid 80s, so I don't know how much this has changed. But the rules on the compound were considered much less strict than outside the compound. Just because women are now allowed to drive does not mean that the misogyny has vanished.

[brooklynite]

2. If you look at the picture, the official is clearly staring at the woman with lust in his heart...

They should pass a law to prevent that sort of thing.