Very liberal of them...

Saudi officials say more professions should be open to women: newspapers

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-women-idUSKBN14811G?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MB%20Dec%2019&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief

Excerpt: Saudi Arabia is the only country where women are forbidden to drive, making it harder for them to get to work. Regulations also bar them from certain professions, while rules on gender mixing in shops and businesses further limit job opportunities. "It's fine (for a woman) to work as a paramedic, provided she's decent and in the lawful attire," a senior member of the state-appointed body of clerics, the Ulama, Sheikh Abdullah al-Manea told the Okaz daily.