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Saudi Women Protest for Right to Drive (1300L)
Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES
Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the
exception and may be answered in phrases.
Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.
Your notes should include:
o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main
idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)
o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.
o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.
o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,
support) and choices affect the article.
Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.
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Notes on my thoughts,
Saudi Women Protest for the Right to Drive
reactions and questions as I
read:
As popular uprisings across the Middle East continue to demand human rights
and political reforms, a protest scheduled this week in Saudi Arabia is calling for
a right that’s taken as a given across the globe: a woman’s right to drive a car.
In Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich absolute monarchy of 25 million and an important
ally of the United States, women are not permitted to own property, vote, or
work or travel without the consent of a husband, father or brother. The country is
unique in that it’s the only place where a woman are not allowed to drive and
must arrange rides from male relatives, taxis and chauffeurs to travel one from
place to another.
Yet in recent weeks, some activists, inspired by revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt,
Libya, and other countries in the region, have taken to Facebook, Twitter and
Youtube to organize a campaign aimed at overturning that prohibition. As their
movement has gained steam, attracting thousands of both male and female
supporters, some Saudi women have already begun to take the wheel and many
plan to join them on June 17.
One woman is Shaima Osama, 33, who has a vitamin D deficiency that requires
her to receive injections. In mid May, when she couldn’t find someone to take
her to the hospital, she decided to drive herself. “I learned that there is no law
banning women driving. I took the keys, took a deep breath and started the car,”
Osama said, according to a Reuters report.

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