A number of Saudi women residing in the United States of America expressed their joy after the decision to allow women to drive, and assured "Okaz" that the decision made many feel like a "national wedding"; Due to the influx of congratulations and blessings from foreign friends and neighbors immediately after the issuance of this decision and its publication in the American media and means of communication.
“We did not taste sleep,” this is how the citizen, Sawsan Abu Al-Jadayel, described her condition and the condition of the rest of her classmates in Florida after hearing the decision, and she rushed to verify its authenticity on official channels, which made her hasten to tell her American neighbors and colleagues at the university because they have always had a strange look at the issue of leadership. the woman for the car. She says that King Salman solved one of the most important problems facing Saudi women at home. As it continued to rely on expatriate workers to meet its needs, and abroad it receives a flood of questions about Saudi women not driving cars like other countries.
Abu Al-Jadayel added to “Okaz” that the joy also included her husband, who described the decision as “wise” and “historic.” The wheel of Saudi development with legal controls.
As for law student Al-Jawhara Al-Assaf, she considers that driving a car is a basic necessity of life for both men and women and is not a luxury, adding this is what our wise leadership sensed to facilitate the path of Saudi women and empower them by removing the obstacles that stand in the way of their success, as the issue of Saudi women driving the car was One of the biggest dilemmas she faces in her daily life.
Al-Assaf says: “Nine years ago, I drove my car in Washington, D.C., as an essential part of my day to practice my normal life and not as a luxury. I had great hope that I would live my life in the same way when I returned to my homeland, and now this hope has become a reality!”
Sociology student Laila Al-Qarni, who was unable to find out about the decision from social media; Due to the circumstances of the study, she considered that the matter was just a rumor in WhatsApp groups, as had happened in the past, but she was surprised by a paper on the public bulletin board of the department at the university, on which special congratulations were written to Saudi women regarding the decision to allow them to drive in the Kingdom.
For her part, Al-Qarni does not expect that there will be any negative consequences of the decision as it was circulated before. On the contrary, the existence of the Sharia and legal controls that accompanied the issuance of the decision will make its implementation a normal matter, whether in Saudi society or in the relevant departments such as traffic.
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