JEDDAH — Travel agencies in Jeddah have received requests from women seeking tour packages to neighboring countries with the sole purpose of taking driving lessons. Women want to try their hands at ...

RIYADH — The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) will organize driving lessons for female students in various colleges in the Kingdom, according to female supervisor of girl education ...

Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licences to women who have international licences, ahead of the lifting of the female driving ban on June 24. The Saudi General Traffic Directorate provided ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's rare that we have enough foresight to determine which moments in time will prove to be historical turning points for societal change. But when the kingdom of Saudi Arabia allowed women to begin ...

It’s been a long time coming, but after 61 years in the passenger seat, women are allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia again. The 1957 ban prohibiting women from driving within the kingdom’s borders was ...

Saudi Arabia has officially lifted a decades-old rule that barred women from driving. Women across the country celebrated, with many getting behind the wheel and driving around Saudi streets — the ...

A few minutes after Rawan started her maiden drive as a student at the Saudi Driving School in Riyadh, the car began to make an ominous grinding noise. Mariam, the instructor, asked her to pull over.

A few minutes after Rawan started her maiden drive as a student at the Saudi Driving School in Riyadh, the car began to make an ominous grinding noise. Mariam, the instructor, asked her to pull over.