Secrets Revealed: How Women Can Get Drivers Licenses in Saudi Arabia

Just ask Myriam, a.k.a. Khaled:

A 19-year-old Saudi Arabian woman, Myriam, has undergone a successful sex-change operation in Jeddah and now, with her new name of Khaled, aspires for just one thing: a driving licence. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are banned from driving, added Okaz daily, reporting the news today. "The first idea that came to my mind a few hours before the operation, was to have a driving licence," Myriam/Khaled told the newspaper, adding she was encouraged by her family to have the operation. Sex change operations are rare in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia. "I entered (the hospital) with the abaya (traditional women's garment) and I came out with thub, ghotra and ogal, the white tunic and hat worn by men," Myriam/Khaled said.

Progress at last!

Comments

[Robert Mayer]

Sounds like a painful way to get it, but that's not the only way. A friend of mine from Saudi Arabia, a princess (of course, one of many), is able to freely drive her father's Mercedes around Riyadh and Jeddah without a problem. And just wait till these girls get to Marbella in August, when they shed the veil for the bikini!

[dr dre beats headphones]

Or maybe they'll request Everyday is Like Sunday: "Come, come, nuclear bomb..."