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At no time in the modern history of Saudi Arabia have women enjoyed more liberties than they do today. There are now prominent women physicians, professors, journalists, and business owners. In early 2008, the Saudi government responded to pressure from Saudi businesswomen who frequently travel by lifting the ban preventing single women from renting hotel rooms, and they have even talked about lifting the ban against female drivers by the end of the year. Increased freedom has now reached into family relations and marriage customs as well, but in ways that generally go unnoticed in the West...