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Change In Saudi Law To Permit Women To Travel Without Male 'Guardian'

The changes, announced on Friday, will make it possible for women to apply for a passport and to travel abroad without a male family member to accompany them.
Dalia Yashar, one of the first Saudi students who registered to become a commercial pilot, stands in front of the registration centre, CAE Oxford ATC, at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, last July.

Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to obtain passports and travel abroad without a male "guardian" to accompany them, according to a change in the law published on Friday that ends a long-standing practice in the kingdom that has

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