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Spring in Saudi Arabia? (part 2)

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They’ll soon have the right to vote - but not to drive. Women’s rights advocate Wajeha al-Huwaider berates the deliberate pace of reform in her kingdom. But fellow Saudi Naila Al Faifi defends what she describes as an evolutionary process.

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  • Wajeha al-HUWAIDER. Saudi writer and women's rights activist - from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia;
  • Naila Al FAIFI. Saudi English teacher - from Manama, Bahrain;
  • Walid PHARES. Professor, National Defense University;
  • Stéphane LACROIX. Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and author of "Awakening Islam: The politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia".

Watch the first part here.

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