Should Women Be Allowed to Drive? An Ideological Battle
Raid Qusti, rqusti@arabnews.com

History will always give space to the courageous and rebellious. Should women be allowed to drive in this country one day, some credit should be given to the man who is now being fiercely attacked in the Saudi media and in cyberspace for raising the issue in the Shoura Council. A week after Dr. Muhammad Al-Zulfa told the press that he intended to present to the Shoura Council a paper with 18 points for discussion concerning women driving in the Kingdom, the attacks on him have not stopped.

Raid Qusti’s opinion piece is a good one, well worth reading. He clearly describes the tug-of-war going on in Saudi society between those who would protect women by proscribing their freedom and those who would protect women by extending them.