Some big news in the world today is that Saudi Arabia girls/women can now officially play sports! The only bad thing about this is that it is only applied to private schools. In the article, it shows a picture of some girls practicing from 2012, but I thought that it was still illegal back then, but oh well. They said in the article that this is a "test balloon" to see if they would be able to allow the public schools to let women play sports.
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Apparently they are one of three countries all across the world to not let women participate in the Olympics. But last year, Saudi Arabia allowed two women to play for Saudi Arabia last year in London.
In the article, it states that there is only one university in all of Saudi Arabia that has a women's workout facility, which is only a tennis court. Apparently other gyms doe exist, but they are in danger of being shut down, or are only for the elite rich and famous.
I feel as if this is really good news for women. Their starting to get more rights on even just little things. Sports are a huge part of my life, and i`m glad that for at least some women there, they get to experience it too.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/Olive-Press/2013/0505/Saudi-Arabia-sanctions-sports-for-girls-for-the-first-time
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