While the Church of England moves into the final stages of
opening the episcopacy to women, it seems that Saudi Arabia is also
taking steps on the long road towards freedom for women. One sign
of this is that in April King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan had
their picture taken with 40 women.
This may sound rather like sexual equality Jim Davidson-style,
but the King was breaking with the Saudi tradition of rigidly
separating the sexes. Many houses have separate entrances ...
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