Women in Saudi Arabia have only been allowed to drive a car beginning just four years ago. Announced in September 2017, it wasn’t until June 24, 2018, where women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia got behind the wheel. Fast forward to March of 2022, and the first-ever all-women’s off-road competition in Saudi Arabia and the Arab nation was held: Rally Jameel.
This three-day event took competitors from Hail to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh in bone-stock 4x4s and all-wheel-drive vehicles. Not only did they tackle soft sand and challenging terrain, but they tried to keep the exact speed, time, and distance while finding various waypoints required by the rally’s roadbook. This is called a time/speed/distance rally, or TSD rally.
