Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

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Standing next to her stall in Jeddah's Al-Shatea district, Al-Otaibi said 'work is allowed for both men and women and any noble field is something we would all be proud to work in.' (AN photo by Huda Bashatah)

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Saudi woman fruit seller creates new market

Um Sultan Al-Otaibi, one of a few, if not the only, female fruit seller in the Kingdom, entered the male-dominated field after deciding it 'desperately needs a woman's touch.'

Updated 19 July 2020

JEDDAH: Social reforms in the Kingdom are bearing fruit day by day as more women find job opportunities in fields once thought to be exclusively male domains.

In recent months, several women have made headlines by working in groundbreaking industries.

Um Sultan Al-Otaibi, one of a few, if not the only, female fruit seller in the Kingdom, entered the male-dominated field after deciding it "desperately needs a woman's touch.“

Standing proudly next to her fruit stall in Al-Shatea district, north of Jeddah, she told Arab news: "Work is allowed for both men and women and any successful noble field is something