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... that Saudi Arabia women's national football team does not exist, women in the country have created, coach and play for their own club team outside the sight of men?

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... that some Eastern Province Saudi Arabians called for the downfall of the House of Saud during July 2012 protests?

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... that Candice Cohen-Ahnine, a French Jew, was engaged in a relationship with Saudi Arabian Prince Sattam al-Saud, and bore a child with him?

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... that Murtaja Qureiris, the youngest political prisoner in Saudi Arabia, is a member of the Shia minority who may face execution for taking part in anti-government protests when he was 10 years old?

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... that ALQST is a Saudi Arabian human rights organisation created by a former Royal Saudi Air Force officer?

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... that anti male-guardianship campaign is an ongoing campaign organized by Saudi women against the requirement to obtain permission from their male guardian for activities such as getting a job, travelling internationally or getting married?

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... that the 37 civilians beheaded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in April 2019 included at least three who were minors at the time of their arrest?

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...that land under cultivation has grown from under 400,000 acres (1600 km²) in 1976 to more than eight million acres (32,000 km²) in 1993 due to better irrigation in Saudi Arabia?

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...that the Arab Socialist Action Party, the main secular opposition group in Saudi Arabia at the time, faced a massive crackdown in the spring of 1982?

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... that Lawrence of Arabia's plan to install the Sharif of Mecca's sons as rulers in what became modern Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and western Saudi Arabia was only partially successful?

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...that Winston's Hiccup refers to the huge zigzag in Jordan’s eastern border with Saudi Arabia, supposedly because Winston Churchill hiccuped as he drew the boundary of Transjordan after a generous and lengthy lunch?

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... that former longtime Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan became the first Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council?

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... that Princess Lolowah (pictured) supported overturning the prohibition of women from driving in Saudi Arabia?

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... that the formation of the Allegiance Council changed the laws of succession in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

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... that the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs predates the founding of Saudi Arabia?

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... that the 2006 visit by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to India was officially described as "heralding a new era in Indo-Saudi Arabian relations"?

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