Female Olympians? OK. Female Drivers? No.
JAMES DORSEY: It’s likely excellent news for Dalma Malhas but it’s unlikely she’ll be driving to show jumping events in the Kingdom anytime soon.
Manal Al Sharif: The Woman Who Divides Saudi Arabia
EMAN AL NAFJAN: She is a woman of undoubted moral courage who once again has come under sustained attack within the Kingdom.
Manal’s Speech: Three Lines of Attack by Saudis
EMAN AL NAFJAN: The 17 minute speech that Manal Al Sharif delivered on receiving the Vaclav Havel Prize last week has unleashed a hail of vitriol
Saudi Condemned for Women’s Sport Restrictions – HRW
JAMES M. DORSEY: Saudi accused of kowtowing to conservative Muslim clerics who claim female sports are “steps of the devil” – Human Rights Watch.
Back in Gear: Saudi Women Driver’s Campaign
EMAN AL NAFJAN: There have been several significant developments this week in the campaign to allow women to drive in the Kingdom
Women Drivers in Saudi: A Shift in Strategy
AHMED AL OMRAN: It’s all been a bit quiet recently on the women-drivers front. There has, though, been an interesting development this week.
2011’s Amazing Women of the Year
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMMED: How could I possibly include all the women who filled our headlines over the past 12 months, for bravery and impact?
Mirror, Signal, Man-Oeuvre: Driving Claims Women’s Innocence – Saudi Cleric
SUSIE OF ARABIA: Car manufacturers have been making absurd links between driving and sex for decades. They’ve been trumped however by a Saudi cleric.
Saudi Women: The Power & Limitation of Social Media
MAHA AKEEL, CGNEWS: It’s clearly enabled women in the Middle East in particular to express their views more vocally but there are limits to what social media can achieve in effecting real change.
Women in Saudi: The Drive for Rights Continues
NATANA J.DeLONG-BAS, CGNEWS: The campaign to improve women’s rights in the Kingdom has focused on the issue of driving but progress is being quietly made in other areas of Saudi life.
Smear Campaign Targets Women Journalists
ROB L. WAGNER: Conservatives anonymously attack outspoken women by questioning their morals and beliefs in Islam.
Saudi: Momentum Grows in Support of Women Drivers
SUSIE OF ARABIA: Driving is just a starting point. There are many other women’s issues that need to be addressed but as Manal says: “The rain starts with a single drop.”
