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January 9, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Rulers Have Cautiously Opened the Door to Liberalization. They Should Keep Pushing

An activist speaks.

Over the past two years, the Saudi government has curbed the power of the clerical police and eased some religious restrictions, most notably by extending to women the right to drive cars. Ensaf Haidar—whose husband Raif has been imprisoned and publicly lashed for propagating liberal ideas on his blog—hopes that such reforms will be followed by a more liberal attitude toward dissent:

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January 9, 2018

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