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A Saudi woman casts her ballot in an election centre in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, on December 12, 2015. Saudi women were allowed to vote in elections for the first time ever, in a tentative step towards easing widespread sex discrimination in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom. AFP PHOTO / DINA FOUAD / AFP / DINA FOUAD (Photo credit should read DINA FOUAD/AFP/Getty Images)

A Saudi woman casts her ballot in an election centre in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, on December 12, 2015. Saudi women were allowed to vote in elections for the first time ever, in a tentative step towards easing widespread sex discrimination in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom. AFP PHOTO / DINA FOUAD / AFP / DINA FOUAD        (Photo credit should read DINA FOUAD/AFP/Getty Images)