{"id":1283,"date":"2018-01-12T03:19:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2018-01-12T03:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:19:23","slug":"saudi-arabia-holds-first-women-only-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/01\/12\/saudi-arabia-holds-first-women-only-car-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia holds first women-only car show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content__meta-container js-content-meta js-football-meta u-cf\n\n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"meta__contact-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\">\n<p>Women have flocked to Le Mall in Jeddah to check out the kingdom\u2019s first car exhibition aimed at women, a few months after <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/saudiarabia\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> granted them the right to drive.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-feature--item \">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\">\n<h1 class=\"rich-link__title\"><a class=\"rich-link__link\">\u2018I can\u2019t describe my feelings\u2019 \u2013 Saudi women finally allowed into games<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more-text\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a decree issued in September, <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/sep\/26\/saudi-arabias-king-issues-order-allowing-women-to-drive\">King Salman ordered<\/a> an end to the ban on women drivers by June. The ban has limited women\u2019s mobility and was been seen by rights activists as an emblem of their suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia was the only country that bans women drivers. The landmark royal decree has been hailed as proof of a new progressive trend in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Many young Saudis regard the recent ascent to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as proof their generation is taking a central place in running a country whose patriarchal traditions have for decades made power the province of the old and blocked women\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"element element-atom\">\n<details class=\"atom atom--snippet atom--snippet--profile\">\n<summary class=\"atom--snippet__header\"><span class=\"atom--snippet__label\">Profile<\/span><\/summary>\n<h4 class=\"atom--snippet__headline\">Who is Prince Mohammed bin Salman?<\/h4>\n<summary class=\"atom--snippet__header\"><button class=\"atom__button atom__button--large atom__button--rounded atom--snippet__handle\"><span class=\"is-on\">Show<\/span><\/button><\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in cars, but we didn\u2019t have the ability to drive,\u201d said Ghada al-Ali on Thursday. \u201cAnd now I\u2019m very interested in buying a car but I would like the payments and prices to not be very high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s cost of living has risen after the government hiked domestic gas prices and introduced value-added tax (VAT) in January.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition focused on fuel-efficient cars and provided a team of saleswomen to help their new customer base. The showroom carried signs emblazoned with the slogan \u201cDrive and Shop\u201d, a play on words in Arabic, using the female form of the verbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is known that women are the largest section who shop in malls,\u201d said Sharifa Mohammad, who heads the exhibition\u2019s saleswomen. \u201cThis whole mall is run by women anyway. All the cashiers are women. 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