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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on August 08, 2018, 05:34:58 PM
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Glad to see them finally getting a chance to taste this basic human right O0:
Saudi women, free to drive, kickstart Harley-Davidson bike chapter
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – In a bit more than a month since women in Saudi Arabia won the historic right to drive, a group of them is headed out on the road on not four wheels, but two. “We have been waiting a lifetime for this,” said Aliya, an enthusiastic 23-year-old student from Jeddah who is set on motorcycling. “Always watching my brothers ride. Now they’re teaching me.” Five young women swathed in their mandatory black abayas meander excitedly through the Harley-Davidson store in the country’s capital of Riyadh, examining the line of classic motorcycles and skimpy Harley branded t-shirts – a concept that would have been unthinkable less than a year ago. It is a welcome sight for all the all-male...