Madawi Al-Rasheed, opendemocracy.net, The Saudi response to the ‘Arab spring’: containment and co-option, 10 Jan 2012 "Saudi Arabia’s response to the ‘Arab spring’ has been an attempt to co-opt movements for change in a bid to maintain the status quo. Madawi Al-Rasheed talks to Deniz Kandiyoti about the contradictions of a ruling elite that promotes a conservative Islam, that threatens women’s existing rights abroad – as in Tunisia and Egypt – while it poses as the emancipator of women at home."
Refers to Manal al-Sharif's online campaign.
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Manal al-Sharif: update
Robert Booth and Mona Mahmood, Guardian, YouTube Saudi woman driver faces further 10-day jail term, 26 May 2011 "Eman al-Nafjan, a teacher and PhD student in Riyadh who writes a blog under the name Saudiwoman, told the Guardian that Saudi conservatives and the wealthy were determined to keep women from driving because it blocks anyone who cannot afford a driver from competing for jobs." Good article!
Check Saudiwoman for more updates and comments on this.
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David Leigh, Guardian, US put pressure on Saudi Arabia to let women drive, leaked cables reveal, 27 May 2011 "The Obama administration has been quietly putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive, according to leaked US embassy cables."
Check Saudiwoman for more updates and comments on this.
If you haven't already seen this:
And this has just come in:
David Leigh, Guardian, US put pressure on Saudi Arabia to let women drive, leaked cables reveal, 27 May 2011 "The Obama administration has been quietly putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive, according to leaked US embassy cables."
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