“The ruling will not go into effect until June, 2018. Women may have to get the permission of their male ‘guardians’ to drive, as they do for many major activities in their life. The biggest issue may be winning the approval of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi clerics, the most conservative of the Islamic faith. The decree stipulated that new regulations must ‘apply and adhere to the necessary Sharia standards,’ a reference to Islamic law. What that means was left unanswered.” Robin Wright on why Saudi women driving is a small step forward, not a great one. (And they need a lot of great ones…)