Saudi women make video protest

Saudi women's rights activists have posted on the web a video of a woman at the wheel of her car, in protest at the ban on female drivers in the kingdom.

Wajeha Huwaider talks of the injustice of the ban and calls for its abolition as she drives calmly along a highway.

She says the film was posted to mark International Women's Day. Thousands have viewed it on the YouTube website.

The last such public show of dissent was in 1990 when dozens of women were arrested for circling Riyadh in cars.

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vespax said:

They ban women from driving in order to save fuel. The kingdom is in short supply of oil, unlike the rest of the world.

Silly kingdom, let the women drive. What's the big deal?

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