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Starbucks retreats over ban for women at Riyadh coffee shop

February 9, 2016

Starbucks-RiyadhStarbucks has lifted a temporary ban on women entering one of its coffee shops, following a public backlash and widespread media coverage of the incident.

Earlier this, week, the US brand banned women from a store in the Jarir district of the city after the Saudi religious police complained that there was not a wall to divide genders.

A sign written in Arabic and English was  posted on the shop window, saying: “Please no entry to ladies. Send your driver to order. Thank you.”

This article was originally published here

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