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 ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Women in this strict Muslim country finally get to sit behind the wheel and legally drive for the first time starting Sunday. One side benefit: This milestone could decrease the ...

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 ...

Saudi women drivers took to the roads legally Sunday for the first time in the kingdom's history, as its decades-old ban on women driving finally lifted. The end of the controversial ban brings the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RIYADH (Reuters) - A decades-old ban on women driving cars in Saudi Arabia is set to end on Sunday, quashing a conservative ...