“Historically and up until the 1960s, when the majority of the population was nomadic or seminomadic, women were an integral part of the workforce on the Arabian Peninsula.”
–Karolen Eid, Maha Fallatah, and Makio Yamada, writing for the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, examine the heritage of women’s participation in the Saudi workforce; why it declined and is now surging. [King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies]
