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Each working morning, oil engineer Safa al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day, challenging conservative prejudices by being a professional woman in Iraq. "Society does not accept that a girl can live outside the family home," said 29-year-old Saeedi, who works in Iraq's southern oil and gas fields around Basra. Saeedi, one of just 180
Each working morning, oil engineer Safa al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day challenging conservative prejudices by being a professional woman in Iraq.
Iraqi women defy critics to work - World - BASRA: Each working morning, oil engineer Safa Al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day challenging conservative prejudices .