It is time for Saudi Arabia to draw from a far richer well that will never run dry – its pool of talented,contemporary women“I want my daughter to be internationally successful. I want her to be whatever she wants. And I want people to respect her.” These words were spoken by Mohammad, a middle-aged Saudi-Arabian partner of a major global management consultancy, or during a panel debate I recently attended in Riyadh.
I found his ambitions for his daughter easy to identify with. They parallel with my feelings about the freedoms and rights I expect for my own eight-year-old-fashioned daughter.
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Source: theguardian.com