SOME SAUDI WOMEN MAY SOON BE TOOTING THEIR OWN HORNS
HELLO EVERYONE, I'M RICK JACKSON.
A DRIVING BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY OF SAUDI ARABIA. IN THE PAST, WOMEN WERE FORBIDDEN FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. IF THEY WERE CAUGHT DRIVING THE LADIES COULD BE FINED OR SENT TO PRISON.
BUT NOW THE COUNTRY'S LEADER KING MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN BY ROYAL DECREE HAS LIFTED THE BAN. ALLOWING WOMEN TO DRIVE WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WILL FREE UP THE MONEY THAT THEY USED TO HAVE TO PAY TO DRIVERS.
THE WOMEN, INCLUDING RA-SHA HEF-ZI, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN JEDDAH, ARE EXCITED FOR THE CHANGE.
RASHA HEFZI/JEDDAH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER: "IT FEELS GREAT ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS AND JUST WITNESSING THAT DECISION. WE ALL THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE 2020. BUT IT HAPPENED SO FAST. IT FEELS GREAT THAT I CAN TAKE JUST MY CAR AND GO TO MY COMPANY, GO TO THE COUNCIL AND JUST PRACTICE DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES, NORMALLY."
RICK: THE RULING IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO EFFECT BY JUNE.
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