Summary
A Saudi Arabian sociologist aims to counter stereotypes about her country with a coffee table book profiling successful Saudi women, she said on the eve of International Women's Day.
Saudi Arabia has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, who must cover themselves in black from head to toe when they appear in public.
Women must get permission from male family members to travel, work or marry, and Saudi Arabia is the world's only country where women cannot drive.
AlMunajjed said Saudi women have assumed prominent positions in government, business, journalism and other areas.
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