Ammal Farahat

The first female driver for Uber’s Middle East rival here is helping to set a new course for women integrating into the kingdom’s workforce now that they are allowed to take the wheel. Ms. Farhat is among more than 2,000 women who applied to drive for Careem, a popular ride-hailing app, after the Saudi government last year announced the lifting of the female driving ban as part of major social and economic overhauls.⠀