Open AccessSaudi Women Score Twice in First Run at Polls
Author(s) -
Lebanese American University
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.293
Subject(s) - victory , surprise , shock (circulatory) , ancient history , history , political science , medicine , psychology , law , politics , social psychology
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, November 30, 2005 (AFP) - Two Saudi businesswomen swept to a surprise victory in Chamber of Commerce elections Wednesday in thefirst polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom. "I'm happy, but I'm still in shock," Lama al-Suleiman, one of the two winners, told AFP.