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Saudi eliminates gender-segregated entrances for eateries

Saudi restaurants have long been segregated into a family section for customers accompanied by women and a singles area for men. [AFP]

Restaurants and cafes in Saudi Arabia are no longer required to have gender-segregated entrances, officials said, in a further easing of social restrictions in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom.

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