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Saudi Arabia's Wojdan Shaherkani arrives ahead of her women's +78kg elimination round of 32 judo match against Puerto Rico's Melissa Mojica at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 3, 2012.

Mitch Goldich, NBC Olympics reports — After a week of controversy and hand-wringing — first declaring she would fight without a hijab, then saying she would withdraw if not allowed to wear one — Wojdan Shaherkani finally made history this morning, as the first Saudi Arabian woman ever ...

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A Saudi youth sits next to his sport utility vehicle lifted with stones and bricks in the tourist area of al-Habla, Saudi Arabia on July 12, 2012. Young Saudi males gather in al-Habla for a summer camp to escape the Gulf heat and spend time mounting their cars with rocks for display.

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Photographer Ziyah Gafic was born in Sarajevo, where he graduated in Comparative literature. Since 1999 he has been traveling extensively and has covered major events in more than forty countries. This video profile is from VICE’s Picture Perfect series and documents Gafic’s journey to photograph successful women in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi police officers monitor screens connected to cameras, at the Command and Control Center in Mina, outisde the holy city of Mecca, on November 7, 2011, as millions of Muslim pilgrims take part in the annual hajj.

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An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage rituals on November 7, 2011.

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Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, newly appointed Crown Prince speaks at an intrerview at the Riyadh Governor's Palace, October 29.

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Saudi men turn out in large numbers to show support and allegiance to newly appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the Riyadh Governor's Palace, October 29.

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This challenge to the Saudi driving ban reminds of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. Each day the women become bolder in their effort to defy the driving ban. Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the women for their bravery.

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Female driver Azza Al Shmasani alights from her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riyadh June 22. Saudi Arabia has no formal ban on women driving. But as citizens must use only Saudi-issued ...

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A policeman is reflected in a window of a car shattered by bullets, currently parked in a police station, in which a Saudi diplomat was travelling in when he came under attack by gunmen, in Karachi, Pakistan on May 16. Gunmen on motorcycles attacked the car belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday killing a Saudi diplomat, police and the Saudi ambassador said.

KARACHI — Gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a Saudi diplomat as he was ...

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An Iranian spectator (C) wearing a shirt with picture of founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shouts to oppose the presence of Saudi Arabian troops in Bahrain during the AFC Champions League soccer match between Iran's Persepolis and Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad at Tehran's Azadi stadium May 3, 2011.

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Rescue divers from the Saudi Coast Guard are working against the clock to save a “rare shark” that has been trapped in a Saudi sewage drain since last Friday.
Although no exact identification of the specific shark species has been released, officials have been trying to safely push the estimated 18 foot-long trapped animal out from the sewage system of the financial zone in the Gulf Kingdom for several days.
“We have deployed a large figure of divers subsequent to when we established a report that ...

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A Saudi special forces soldier dressed in camouflage takes part in a skill demonstration before a graduation ceremony near Riyadh March 22, 2011.

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Saudi special forces soldiers smash a concrete block placed on the chest of a fellow soldier during a skill demonstration before their graduation ceremony near Riyadh March 22, 2011.

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Saudi special forces members of an anti-terror unit display their skills on March 22, 2011 ...

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Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to his initial court appearance at the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 25, 2011. Aldawsari, a college student from Saudi Arabia, is accused of buying chemicals as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. Aldawsari was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

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