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From: Middle East | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Lancaster, Pat | Copyright information

RSEARCHING THIS MONTH'S COVER STORY on 21st century Arab women I was fortunate to meet with a number of Saudi Arabian delegates to the hiternational conference on women in business, held in London.

The Saudi Arabian delegates were intelligent, interesting, funny and above all optimistic that the future for Saudi women in the kingdom's traditionally male dominated society was bright. Listening to them speak about their jobs, their children and their ambitions they could have been women ...

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