Saudi Shura Council Member Proposes to Allow Women to Drive

The following are experts from an interview with member of the Saudi Shura Council Muhammad Aal Zulfa, which aired on Al-'Arabiya TV on June 8, 2005.

Zulfa: I wasn't expecting all this uproar over something which is merely an idea. I proposed study the possibility of allowing Saudi women to drive cars.

Host: Would you, Dr. Muhammad Aal Al-Zulfa allow your wife drive a car?

Zulfa: Absolutely.

I think that if something happened to me, she would be the best person to take me to the hospital, or in any other circumstances when I couldn't drive, and she is capable of driving.

Host: And the same goes for your daughters, when they reach the right age.

Zulfa: Yes, I hope that she would drive her car, instead of some foreigner driving her and her children around.