Things You May Have Never Known About Saudi Arabia

Published on November 30, 2023
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Slaves

For centuries, slavery was commonplace throughout the entire Arab Peninsula until it was abolished by the Saudi monarchy in 1962, which is considered to be quite late compared with other places that outlawed slavery long before.

Slaves

Slaves

Voting Rights

In 2011, King Abdullah began to review women’s right to vote, and then by 2015, he announced that women will finally be allowed to vote, making it the latest country to legalize women’s voting rights.

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Voting Rights

Voting Rights