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Saudi Arabia’s first WTA Tour Finals: Tennis spectacle collides with everyday reality in Riyadh

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RIYADH — On an otherwise unremarkable evening in May 2018, dozens of cars approached the Al-Hathloul household in Riyadh. Security officers got out the cars, broke down the door and took Loujain Al-Hathloul into custody. Al-Hathloul, a prominent women’s rights advocate in Saudi Arabia, had led the campaign for the right for women to drive in the kingdom. When it was announced that women would be permitted to hold driving licenses in 2018, the Saudi authorities told Al-Hathloul not to comment nor

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