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For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj

For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj

MOHAMMED BENMANSOUR INSPIRED by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the haj annual pilgrimage. Since April, dozens of female soldiers have become part of the security services that monitor pilgrims in Mecca and Medina, the birthplaces of Islam. Dressed in a military khaki uniform, with a hip-length jacket, loose trousers and a black beret over a veil covering her hair, Mona spends her shifts roaming in the Grand Mosque in Mecca. "I am following the steps of…
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