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Saudi Woman Can Vote!

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Saudi Woman Can Vote!Well, not all, but 600 of them :-)

So, 600 Saudi women are expected to participate in the elections of the chamber of trade and industry in eastern Saudi Arabia for the first time.

Way to go ladies, Good luck!

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Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Sunday, August 7, 2005, at 2:57 pm. Filed under Arab, Democracy, Good News, Human Rights, Middle East, Saudi Arabia. Tagged , , , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Comments are closed, but you can trackback from your blog.

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  1. Cairo Otaibi | August 7, 2005 at 7:46 pm | Permalink

    YES!

  2. Roba | August 8, 2005 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

    Waal, walah 3emlo '7eir, what ever happened to the rest of 6,698,633 over 18 females in Saudi Arabia?

  3. abu sinan | August 9, 2005 at 4:00 am | Permalink

    Yes, and all 600 of them are members of the royal family or people who rely on the wasta they get from the royal family. Another case of the al Saud family fixing the deck.

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  1. Global Voices Online | August 7, 2005 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

    Saudi: Women Can Vote!

    Some good news from saudi. Sabbah says that 600 Saudi women are expected to participate in the elections of the chamber of trade and industry.

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