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Women in Saudi Arabia are allowed attend a football match for the first time ever




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Saudi Arabia has finally allowed women attend a football match, part of an easing of strict rules on gender separation by the Muslim country.

Women went into a stadium in the city of Jeddah on Friday, through family gates into family seating – normally where fathers and sons sat.

It’s understood that not everyone is happy with this radical development and some protests outside the stadium were held beforehand.

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