Heyla Selim

Heyla Selim holds a doctorate degree from the School of psychology at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Her PhD thesis titled: “Why the caged bird sings: an investigation of cultural influence on online behaviour in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom”. She is an assistant professor at the Psychology Department at King Saud University in Ryadh since July 2008.

Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its ban on women driving?

By Heyla Selim

/ 24 Oct 2017