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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Minute: On Saudi Arabia's first fashion week

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Saudi Arabia's first ever fashion week is underway and the four-day event features local Arab designers and European brand names including Roberto Cavalli and Jean Paul Gaultier. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic's Hanan Razek is in the capital, Riyadh, watching all the live action and has spoken to us about the importance behind the event. The event comes at a time of groundbreaking reform for women in Saudi Arabia as a result of changes made by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. (PHOTO: A Saudi woman applies makeup on a model during a beauty and style competition on the sidelines of the 2010 Cosmetic Expo, a four-day exhibition held for the first time in Saudi Arabia, at a hotel in the coastal city of Jeddah late on December 21, 2010. AFP PHOTO/AMER HILABI (Photo credit: AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)

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