While Americans are struggling to resist government/Oracle ID cards, Saudi women have won the right to photo ID. This is viewed as a means of granting Saudi women more rights.
Previously, a Saudi women were only named, but not pictured, on a “family ID” card identifying them as dependents of their fathers or husbands. For cultural and religious reasons, Saudi women do not show any part of their bodies — except for hands, eyes and feet — to any men but close relatives.
The family IDs without photos had sometimes led to bank fraud through impersonations. The new photo ID cards will be used at banks.