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Joshua Yaphe is the analyst for Saudi Arabia issues at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Near East and South Asia affairs. Contact him at yaphejw@state.gov

Saudi Arabia | Oct 18, 2013

Saudi Women’s Slow Drive to Reform

The attention given to the demands of Saudi women to drive may miss the bigger picture of reform in the kingdom.

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