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Sep 2025
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Saudi Arabia's Quiet Revolution: Legal R...

Lucien Zeigler and Hanaa Almoaibed
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New laws and a series of regulations has made doing business in Saudi Arabia so much easier than before, and legal reforms have empowered women and redefined social issues for the better for citizens and residents. 
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