Saudi men are pictured in the old town of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Amid the celebratory end of Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving on Sunday, some men expressed quiet disapproval of a change they fear will undermine the kingdom's deeply conservative Muslim identity.
"In Islam, we don't have this. During our fathers' and grandfathers' time, there was none of this women driving," said Wadih al-Marzouki, a retired government worker in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
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