I come from lovely city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and till the day females cannot actually drive there own cars back home but actually have to get male drivers to take them around as its still illegal and against the law till the day for females to drive. Its the only country in the world that has such a rule due to religion related topics . In islam religion we do not have anything in particular against women driving as its a more of a Saudi tradition as all females are allowed to drive in all gulf countries with no gender discrimination involved . The problem is that 9 million saudi females have to depend on 9 million drivers so we have to depend on foreign manpower and the number is not decreasing by any chance .With a lot of support and opposition it remains one of the most controversial topics as some females can drive only inside closed compounds but not in the normal streets ! .From my point of view i think that the government needs to make changes sooner than later and study the situation and make researches carefully as we are in 2013 and things are moving much faster than back in the days ! .
by Ghassan Khalid
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