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Saudi women rev up motorbikes as end to driving ban nears

June 12, 2018 admin driving ban, Latest News Stories, motorbikes, reform, rights, Saudi, Women, World

A picture taken June 3, 2018 shows Saudi Noura preparing for a training session at the Bikers Skills Institute, a motorcycle driving school, on the outskirts of Riyadh. Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine -- Saudi women clad in skinny jeans and Harley Davidson t-shirts, revving motorbikes at a Riyadh sports circuit. But ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers on June 24, women gather weekly at the privately owned Bikers Skills Institute, to learn how to ride bikes. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE

Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine — Saudi women clad in skinny jeans and Harley-Davidson T-shirts, revving motorbikes at a Riyadh sports circuit.

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