A SAUDI TRAILBLAZER
A file picture taken on December 12 shows Saudi Lama al-Suleiman, a candidate for the municipal elections in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, pictured outside a polling station. Lama will join the municipal council in Jeddah, the kingdom’s second city, local election officials cited by SPA said on December 13. The duties of municipal councils are limited to local affairs including streets, public gardens and garbage collection. AFP PHOTO
A file picture taken on December 12 shows Saudi Lama al-Suleiman, a candidate for the municipal elections in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, pictured outside a polling station. Lama will join the municipal council in Jeddah, the kingdom’s second city, local election officials cited by SPA said on December 13. The duties of municipal councils are limited to local affairs including streets, public gardens and garbage collection. AFP PHOTO
RIYADH: At least 14 women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia’s first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said Sunday, far exceeding expectations in the ultra-conservative kingdom.