17 June 2011 - 19:30

Saudi women are challenging their countries’ law that bans women from driving by arranging car marches rather than protests.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Saudi women are challenging their countries’ law that bans women from driving by arranging car marches rather than protests.

Saudi women holding car licenses will confront the law Friday by getting behind the wheels peacefully and driving their cars themselves rather than allowing male drivers to do so.

This step comes in response to an online campaign that urged women to take action after Saudi citizen Manal Al-Sharif, 32, was jailed for driving her car and posting the picture online.

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