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The Haramain rail network links Jeddah to Muslim holy cities in Saudi Arabia, with trains racing across the baking-hot deserts of Saudi Arabia at speeds of up to 300 kph.
JEDDAH: Ayah Abdulrahman Taher, 28, from Makkah, is one of 34 female train drivers who recently began working on the Haramain high-speed railway between Saudi Arabia’s holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. Her success in this traditionally male-dominated industry is indicative of the massive social transformation underway in the Kingdom, thanks to reforms implemented since 2016