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>> well, she's a young woman in a short skirt and crop top which would be normal enough in most places around the world, but not in saudi arabia. and specifically not in a rof vince of kingdom that is the birth place of the kingdom's ultra conservative school of islamic thought. let's be clear, anyone who lives in saudi or travels to saudi would know that modesty laws dictate women must be suitably covered in public. long loose robes, headscarves, some cover their faces. so authorities took her in for questioning and later releasing a statement that says that she herself admitted to visiting s...

The stint is drawing international attention as saudi arabia struggles to shake off rules from the past. cnn's beck can y anderson is lir us. and to most looking at this video, this is just an attractive young woman, nothing really even that revealing. but in saudi arabia, this is a big deal. >> reporter: you're right. and it looks normal enough, right? young woman wearing a short skirt and crop top strolling through the streets. the city as you rightly point out is in saudi arabia, specifically in a province of the kingdom that is the birth place of the country's ultra conservative islamic th...