The lifting of the driving ban is one of a number of changes brought in by 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in recent years. It is a matter of weeks until the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted.

Some men have taken to social media to vent their dissatisfaction with the change in the law, using an Arabic hashtag that translates as: “You won’t drive.”

However, the hashtag went viral when Saudi women began hitting back at the sexist remarks.

“You wont drive” has been used on Twitter over 65,000 times since Monday.

Lots of women posted funny pictures and videos to accompany their response to the hashtag.

#لن_تقودي_لن_تقودي
We’ll drive while you’re watching . pic.twitter.com/KfMZikCeGn

— A|أستغفر الله🎓 (@its_iiiiii) May 14, 2018

A  number of women decided to use the phrase to post pictures of their dream cars.

One user shared a photograph of a bright pink Audi along with the caption: “My car: June 2018”.

#لن_تقودي_لن_تقودي
My car : June 2018 pic.twitter.com/1LXtLt5GM3

— Maha S. Alm 🌧 (@mrsmahaa) May 14, 2018

Some other women shared photographs of their Saudi Driving School books.

Twitter user @Laam_92 simply and defiantly captioned her contribution to the trend: “I will drive.”

#لن_تقودي_لن_تقودي I will drive 💅🏻 pic.twitter.com/CxyKhdXzZj

— لام (@Laam_92) May 15, 2018

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