Saudi Women Were Able To Attend A Football Match And The Pictures Are Glorious
Female football fans still need the permission of their male guardians to attend and are restricted to specially adapted “female only” seating areas.
Women in Saudi Arabia attended football matches for the first time in the kingdom's history on Friday.
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Lamya Khaled Nasser, 32, told AFP that the ability to go to Jeddah stadium "proves that we are heading for a prosperous future" and that she was "proud" to witness this "massive change" for her country.
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Another woman, Noura Bakharji, said she had always been upset that her brothers were able to watch football in the stadium.
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"I asked myself repeatedly, 'Why I can't go?'" she said. "Today, things have changed. It's a day of happiness and joy."
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