Saudi women’s rights activists petition to drive

Yesterday, women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia kicked off 2008 with a petition which they handed in to King Abdullah, calling for him to take off the ban restricting women from driving. Over 1,100 names were signed.
They gave in a similar petition in September with over 1,000 signatures, and intend on continuing to hand in a new petition for 1,000 signatures they receive. The statement on the petition states that the people who sign the document “hope that 2008 will be the year in which Saudi women obtain their natural right to drive a car.”
Let’s hope this becomes a reality.