Visitors tour near Rock formations that resemble human face at the Madain Saleh antiquities site in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
Al ULA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula.
She eventually abandoned her scientific ambitions and turned to selling homemade cakes, before she was chosen last year for a government training programme to support a $20 billion flagship tourism project in the kingdom's northwestern region.
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