Norma Adrianzen has her foot on the gas pedal of history. With the decades-long ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia now lifted, the Newport Beach-based driving instructor is one of just three women ...
You think the lines at the DMV are bad? Imagine waiting in a line of 75,000 people who all want to learn how to drive. That’s what’s waiting for Sheryl Vanderwalker, the owner of the Rules of the Road ...
Since a late 1950s royal decree, women have not been allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. It’s a part of the larger guardianship system in the country, where even grown women have to clear just about ...
Foreign residents in Saudi Arabia can drive with their foreign license for up to one year. After that, they must either convert their license or apply for a new one. Those from 48 approved countries ...
In Saudi Women’s Driving School, her new one-hour documentary premiering on HBO tonight, director Erica Gornall explores a world she’s aware that most audiences here are unfamiliar with, that of the ...
Foreign residents in Saudi Arabia can drive for up to one year with a valid international license. Those from 48 approved countries can convert theirs directly. Others must apply for a new Saudi ...
Reporting from Beirut — From the very first day 31-year-old Salma Barakati got behind the wheel of her car after Saudi Arabia lifted the ban on women driving, the men in her village near Mecca would ...
Today, Saudi women drove without risking jail time for the first time. At the stroke of midnight Sunday, women in Saudi Arabia got behind the wheels of their cars and drove in the streets of the ...