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Wed 03 Mar 2009Mobile phones change dating habits as Saudis search for new identity
INSIDE THE DESERT KINGDOM:JAWAHER PULLS out the mobile phone and presses play. The grainy video clip shows her behind the wheel of an SUV with male and female friends sitting in the back. They laugh and cheer as Jawaher scans the deserted streets and drives on.
“My dad taught me how to drive,” says Jawaher, a graphic design student from the Red Sea city of Jeddah. “A lot of people wave when they see me drive past. One man videotaped me from his car. Another time a woman who was completely veiled gave me the thumbs up.”
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