Thousands of women activists in Saudi Arabia planned to start driving on Friday in defiance of a longstanding ban that prohibits women from even getting a drivers license.
The protest action comes after a campaign launched on social media began calling for women's right to drive in the Kingdom.
Al Jazeera's Nick Toksvig reports.
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