“I’m just, over the moon.”
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On Jun. 24, the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted and to mark the historic moment, women immediately got behind the wheel.
In September, Saudi Arabia announced that it would lift the ban that prohibited women from driving in an effort to help them contribute to the economy.
On Sunday, the promise came to fruition and women were able to take to the roads on their own.
Ahead of the ban being lifted, Rola wrote on Twitter that many people will use the moment to criticize the Saudi government, the patriarchy, and the length of time it took for the change to come.
“To [you] this might just be headlines or used as a feminist argument, to us this is a conquest this is history in the making,” she tweeted.
Tomorrow our women will drive& u will rave about how this should’ve been done ages ago & point out our flawed government & the patriarchy. To u this might just be headlines or used as a feminist argument, to us this is a conquest this is history in the making #SaudiWomenCanDrive
— rola (@rolablunt1) June 23,2018
Shortly before Sunday morning, Maha Akeel tweeted, “at the stroke of midnight […] Cinderella will be free to ride her own carriage […] anytime […] anywhere.
