Saudi women's soccer team plays first-ever match
Saudi Arabia's women's national soccer team played their first match ever on Sunday, highlighting the kingdom's progress towards a more inclusive society for women.
"The biggest news in the Middle East, not only in sports," journalist Uri Levy told i24NEWS.
"When I started as a journalist that focuses on Middle Eastern [soccer], I started seeing slight changes in Saudi Arabia in relation to women."
Until the last few years, Saudi women were mostly barred from the sports realm. But in 2018, women were allowed to attend soccer matches, that same year that "women are able to drive or work in a job parallel to men," Levy said.
"Now they have their own league and their own national team."
"When I started as a journalist that focuses on Middle Eastern [soccer], I started seeing slight changes in Saudi Arabia in relation to women."
Until the last few years, Saudi women were mostly barred from the sports realm. But in 2018, women were allowed to attend soccer matches, that same year that "women are able to drive or work in a job parallel to men," Levy said.
"Now they have their own league and their own national team."
