Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine — Saudi women clad in skinny jeans and Harley Davidson t-shirts, revving motorbikes at a Riyadh sports circuit. But ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers on June 24, women gather weekly at the privately owned Bikers Skills Institute, to learn how to ride bikes. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE
Saudi women will be allowed to drive bikes
Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine — Saudi women clad in skinny jeans and Harley Davidson t-shirts, revving motorbikes at a Riyadh sports circuit. But ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers on June 24, women gather weekly at the privately owned Bikers Skills Institute, to learn how to ride bikes. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE