ENVS lecturer, Xanthe Matychak, traveled to Riyadh this summer to deliver a "train-the-trainer" workshop for a Maker Innovation Camp hosted by SABIC. The workshop covered a combination of tinkering, technology, and design.
While there, Xanthe met some women who founded a female-only makerspace and had a chance to take a tour. You can check out the tour here: http://makezine.com/2017/08/04/tekspacy-riyadh-saudi-arabia/
photo credit: Mike Senese
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170827074431586