As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates its 88th National Day, a woman made history by being the first female news anchor on the nightly newscast television.
Weam Al Dakheel went live on Thursday night, September 20, on Al Saudiya with her co-anchor Omar Al Nashwan.
Al Dakheel previously worked for CNBC Arabia and the Bahrain-based Al-Arab News, reported Fox News.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian nationals are rejoicing the milestone because previous female journalists such as Jumanah Al Shami only reported features or morning news.
This is BIG from #SaudiArabia| for the 1st time ever a #Saudi female newscaster is featured on #Saudi national tv @saudiatv– @WeamAlDakheel becomes the 1st #SaudiFemale to read the 21:30 main
night news on TV ! ??? pic.twitter.com/MTC5b2I9Kg— حسن سجواني ?? Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) September 21, 2018
I'm proud of the women ?@WeamAlDakheel pic.twitter.com/qlhRyi2yAm
— الاء ..
(@2llaa_3) September 20, 2018
Al Dakheel’s appearance on the evening newscast came three months after the ban on driving was lifted for women in Saudi Arabia as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s modernization program, Vision 2030.
