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VOTING , *WOMEN'S suffrage , *DEMOCRACY , *LOCAL elections , *TWENTY-first century , *PRACTICAL politics , *GOVERNMENT policy ,OMANI politics & government ,SAUDI Arabian politics & government, 1982- ,UNITED Arab Emirates politics & government, 1971- - Abstract
The article discusses political rights in the Persian Gulf Region (Gulf) and the claim that Gulf citizens are receiving additional chances to vote as of 2015, and it mentions democracy in Saudi Arabia, as well as voting rights in places such as United Arab Emirates and Oman. According to the article, women will be allowed to vote for the first time ever in Saudi Arabia's local elections in 2015. Price controls on consumer goods in Oman are assessed, along with politics in Qatar.
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- 2015