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Saudi women score twice in first polls  

Written by Haitham Sabbah on 30. November 2005, 2214hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in Arab, Breaking News, Democracy, Good News, Human Rights, Middle East, Saudi Arabia // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah


Following up on my post few days ago, here comes the good news: Two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

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3 Responses to “Saudi women score twice in first polls”

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    Global Voices Online Says:

    Saudi Arabia: Double Win

    Sabbah writes that two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom…

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    Nas Says:

    i get this sick feeling that this was done as a political ploy to say “we are reforming see” as well as to see if women could actually win.

    i’m afraid that the outcome will be something along the lines of making sure that women never get to vote
     

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    Haitham Says:

    Wallahe, you maybe right, Nas. I have the same feeling. But if they do that, they are shooting themselves in the foot. 

    I think it is too late, in fact I’m afraid that what happened raises the expectations high.

    Let’s just hope that future changes does not take a violante direction.

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