Saudi Arabia chips away at oppressive system by granting women travel rights
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On the surface, the new regulations Saudi Arabia announced early Friday did not seem like much. In dense, bureaucratic language, they granted all Saudis older than 21 the right to handle their families' affairs while officials said that all adults could obtain passports and travel on their own.