Saudi Arabia

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**FILE** A woman gets into a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 24, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Haifaa al-Mansour, director of the acclaimed film "Wadjda," was assisted in Saudi Arabia by Abdullrahman Al Gohani (left), Waad Mohammed and others. (Sony Pictures Classics photographs)

Haifaa al-Mansour directed "Wadjda" mostly from the back of a van, using walkie-talkies to communicate with the mostly male crew in sex-segregated Saudi Arabia. "I was trying to take them on a journey," she said. (Sony Pictures Classics)

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**FILE** A U.S. tank takes part in Exercise Eager Lion, at the Jordan-Saudi Arabia border, 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Amman, Jordan, on May 25, 2012. (Associated Press)