Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Saudi Princess Tweets: Female Driver's Lashing Sentence Revoked

Twitter is being used by Saudi Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel to turn the tide against women being prohibited to drive in Saudi Arabia. What originally was to be a punishment of 10 lashes given to Shaima Jastaina after she was arrested for driving, has now been revoked by Saudi King Abdullah. She hopes to gain additional support in this light through the use of social media as she promotes the Women2Drive movement formed a few months back by using Twitter.

The Noosh
John Leinweber

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2 comments:

  1. Ragan RhodesOctober 2, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    This is a great example of someone using their power to help their people.

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  2. Josh BrownOctober 3, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    Very cool. It's good to know there are people in power who care.

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