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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Woman Defies Driving Ban

A while back I had written about how I learned about a ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Today I found out that a woman defied the ban and decided to drive, this was after her husband fell ill at the wheel. She drove 10 miles to the nearest gas station where her husband was treated, looks like her act and defiance saved his life. The article mentioned that in rural places (to farm etc.) some women do learn to drive, but don't drive all the time. Perhaps the Saudis can learn from this incident and understand that like with all negative things; (Saudia Arabia deems it offensive and negative - I can't judge nor say they are wrong for doing this), theres is always something postive that will come out of it; Jaime Escalante said it best in "Stand & Deliver" a negative plus a negative is a postive.

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