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Saudi Women Embrace Belly Dancing Classes In Secret Due To Cultural Taboos
In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.
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Saudi Women DJs Go From Hobbyists To Headliners
Standing behind her control tower with headphones around her neck, Saudi DJ Leen Naif segues smoothly between pop hits and club tracks for a crowd of business school graduates noshing on sushi.
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A New "Boy Cut" Trend For Saudi Working Women And What It Means
The haircut - known locally by the English word "boy" - has become strikingly visible on the streets of the capital, and not just because women are no longer required to wear hijab headscarves.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Gasps As Saudi Woman, 33, Walks Through Mall Without Customary Abaya
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall -- without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety.
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Women In Saudi Arabia Can Now Get Passports In 15 Minutes: Report
Women in Saudi Arabia were overjoyed when they discovered that procedures for obtaining their passports would now be completed within 15 minutes, a media report said.
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Saudi Arabia Implements End To Travel Restrictions For Women: Report
Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, following a flurry of royal decrees approving the changes.
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Saudi To Allow Women To Travel Without Male Permission, Says Report
Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without permission from a male guardian, ending a restriction that came under heavy international criticism and led some women to take extreme measures to flee the country, according to the Okaz newspaper.
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Saudi Arabia Allows Women To Travel Without Male 'Guardian' Approval
Saudi Arabia will allow women to obtain passports and travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said Thursday, ending a longstanding restriction that drew heavy international criticism.
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Behind The Wheel, A Year On: Saudi Women Savour New Freedom
Buckling up in a pearl-silver Lexus, Sabeeha al-Fakher takes the wheel and relegates her son to the passenger seat, a role reversal the 68-year-old Saudi widow never imagined would be possible in her lifetime.
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Saudi Arabia To Put Detained Women Activists On Trial
Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday.
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Saudis Defend App That Lets Men Give Women Permission To Travel
A Saudi mobile-phone app that's come under fire for perpetuating the kingdom's male guardianship system is drawing praise on social media as the government pushes back against the criticism.
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Apple, Google Slammed For Hosting App That Tracks Saudi Women's Movements
Tech giants Apple and Google are facing criticism for hosting an app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control women's movements.
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In Step To Ensure "Rights", Saudi Women To Get Divorce Notices Over Text
Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they've been divorced.
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Airline Seeks Saudi Women Pilots, Flight Attendants. Nearly 1,000 Apply
In June, Saudi Arabia ended a long-standing ban on women driving cars as Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeks to improve women's participation in the workforce.
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Saudi Women Embrace Belly Dancing Classes In Secret Due To Cultural Taboos
In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.
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Saudi Women DJs Go From Hobbyists To Headliners
Standing behind her control tower with headphones around her neck, Saudi DJ Leen Naif segues smoothly between pop hits and club tracks for a crowd of business school graduates noshing on sushi.
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A New "Boy Cut" Trend For Saudi Working Women And What It Means
The haircut - known locally by the English word "boy" - has become strikingly visible on the streets of the capital, and not just because women are no longer required to wear hijab headscarves.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Gasps As Saudi Woman, 33, Walks Through Mall Without Customary Abaya
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall -- without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety.
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Women In Saudi Arabia Can Now Get Passports In 15 Minutes: Report
Women in Saudi Arabia were overjoyed when they discovered that procedures for obtaining their passports would now be completed within 15 minutes, a media report said.
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Saudi Arabia Implements End To Travel Restrictions For Women: Report
Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, following a flurry of royal decrees approving the changes.
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Saudi To Allow Women To Travel Without Male Permission, Says Report
Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without permission from a male guardian, ending a restriction that came under heavy international criticism and led some women to take extreme measures to flee the country, according to the Okaz newspaper.
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Saudi Arabia Allows Women To Travel Without Male 'Guardian' Approval
Saudi Arabia will allow women to obtain passports and travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said Thursday, ending a longstanding restriction that drew heavy international criticism.
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Behind The Wheel, A Year On: Saudi Women Savour New Freedom
Buckling up in a pearl-silver Lexus, Sabeeha al-Fakher takes the wheel and relegates her son to the passenger seat, a role reversal the 68-year-old Saudi widow never imagined would be possible in her lifetime.
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Saudi Arabia To Put Detained Women Activists On Trial
Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday.
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Saudis Defend App That Lets Men Give Women Permission To Travel
A Saudi mobile-phone app that's come under fire for perpetuating the kingdom's male guardianship system is drawing praise on social media as the government pushes back against the criticism.
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Apple, Google Slammed For Hosting App That Tracks Saudi Women's Movements
Tech giants Apple and Google are facing criticism for hosting an app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control women's movements.
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In Step To Ensure "Rights", Saudi Women To Get Divorce Notices Over Text
Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they've been divorced.
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Airline Seeks Saudi Women Pilots, Flight Attendants. Nearly 1,000 Apply
In June, Saudi Arabia ended a long-standing ban on women driving cars as Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeks to improve women's participation in the workforce.
