In pictures: Dozens of female Saudi soldiers are for the first time being allowed to work in Islam's holiest sites 👮🏽♀️ 🕋 Read more here 👇🏼
A Saudi police female officer stands guard as pilgrims perform final Tawaf during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 20, 2021.
Since April, dozens of female soldiers have become part of the security services that monitor pilgrims in Mecca and Medina, the birthplaces of Islam. "I am following the steps of my late father to complete his journey, standing here at the Grand mosque in Mecca, the holiest place. To serve the worshippers is a very noble and honourable task," said Mona, who declined to give her family name.Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has pushed through social and economic reforms as part of plans to modernise the conservative Muslim kingdom and attract foreign investment under a diversification drive.
But the reform plan has been accompanied by a crackdown on dissent, including on women's rights activists.Saudi Arabia has restricted the Hajj to its own citizens and residents for the second year in a row, barring millions of other pilgrims from abroad in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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