October 9, 2011 | BESA Center for Strategic Studies
by
Joshua Teitelbaum (W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2008–09 and Contributor to the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
King Abdullah announced that within the next few years women would be appointed to the Consultative Council and be allowed to vote and run for the municipal councils. But is this a significant advancement for Saudi women's rights...?