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-# Informal [[inscription]]s, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.+The '''Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' is a country on the [[Arabic Peninsula]].
-# A form of [[vandalism]] involving painted text or images in public places.+It borders [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Yemen]].
-# Any [[graffiti art]] produced as a result of that act of vandalism.+
-==History==+In 2014, Saudi Arabian writer [[Raif Badawi]] was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for 'insulting Islam'.
-The term ''graffiti'' referred to the [[inscription]]s, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient [[sepulchre|sepulchers]] or ruins, as in the [[Catacombs of Rome]] or at [[Pompeii]]. Usage of the word has evolved to include any graphics applied to surfaces in a manner that constitutes [[vandalism]].+
-The earliest forms of graffiti date back to [[30,000 BCE]] in the form of prehistoric [[cave paintings]] and [[pictographs]] using tools such as animal bones and [[pigments]]. These illustrations were often placed in ceremonial and sacred locations inside of the caves. The images drawn on the walls showed scenes of animal [[wildlife]] and [[hunting]] expeditions in most circumstances. This form of graffiti is subject to disagreement considering it is likely that members of prehistoric society endorsed the creation of these illustrations.+In June 2018, King Salman issued a decree allowing [[women to drive movement|women to drive]], lifting the world's only ban on women drivers.
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 +:"Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that effectively bans women from [[driving]]; although there is no written law to that effect, in practice women are hindered from obtaining the locally issued licenses required to drive. The [[religious police]], known as the mutawa, impose many restrictions on women in public in Saudi Arabia. The restrictions include forcing women to sit in separate specially designated family sections in restaurants, to wear an [[abaya]] and to cover their hair."
 +==See also==
 +*[[Jamal Khashoggi ]]
 +*[[Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud]]
 +*[[Canada–Saudi Arabia relations]]
 +*[[Israel–Saudi Arabia relations]]
 +*[[Absher (application)]]
-The only known source of the [[Safaitic]] language, a form of proto-Arabic, is from graffiti: inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern [[Syria]], eastern [[Jordan]] and northern [[Saudi Arabia]]. Safaitic dates from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century [[Common Era|CE]]. 
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabic Peninsula. It borders Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

In 2014, Saudi Arabian writer Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for 'insulting Islam'.

In June 2018, King Salman issued a decree allowing women to drive, lifting the world's only ban on women drivers.

"Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that effectively bans women from driving; although there is no written law to that effect, in practice women are hindered from obtaining the locally issued licenses required to drive. The religious police, known as the mutawa, impose many restrictions on women in public in Saudi Arabia. The restrictions include forcing women to sit in separate specially designated family sections in restaurants, to wear an abaya and to cover their hair."

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