Saudi sisters given help after fleeing to Georgia
19 April 2019 |
10:54 am
Two Saudi Arabian women who fled their families to Georgia this week have been offered help by authorities. The sisters are the latest in a stream of women using Twitter to escape the Saudi male guardianship system.
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