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A Saudi woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the coastal city of Jeddah, on December 12, 2015, during municipal elections. 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 / STR / AFP / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

A Saudi woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the coastal city of Jeddah, on December 12, 2015, during municipal elections. 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 / STR / AFP / -        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)