As Saudi Arabia prepares to end a driving ban for women on 24 June, state oil firm Aramco is offering to teach its female staff how to operate a car. Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah and reporter ...

Women in Saudi Arabia definitely have an important reason to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8). The country’s women are signing up for their first ever driving lesson as they prepare to ...

One of the more eye-catching headlines from around the world during the year was the decision to finally allow female drivers in Saudi Arabia. But the dramatic change of policy meant female driving ...

Saudi women were celebrating today after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. Until now, women in the country had to rely on their husbands, fathers, brothers and drivers to run ...

A Welsh woman has been chosen to be part of the international team training the first female driving instructors in Saudi Arabia. Susan Newbon, Canadian Deborah Sherwood and American Norma Adrianzen ...

New to Saudi Arabia and planning to drive? If your foreign license is from one of 48 approved countries, you can convert it without a driving test. Others must attend driving school and pass exams.

Foreign residents in Saudi Arabia can drive with their foreign license for up to one year. After that, they must either convert their license or apply for a new one. Those from 48 approved countries ...

Fadya Fahad, one of the first female taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia, next to her rented car yesterday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah (Getty) “I feel so free. I feel like I can do anything,” Bayan al ...

One year after women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to drive for the first time, Lulwa Shalhoub, a resident of Jeddah, describes the move's life-changing impact. Buckle up, start the engine, shades on ...

As Saudi Arabia prepares to end a driving ban for women on 24 June, state oil firm Aramco is offering to teach its female staff how to operate a car. Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah and reporter ...