Coke's new ad celebrates women being able to drive in Saudi Arabia, but not everyone is happy

A new Coca-Cola ad is making waves across social media. 

The ad, which shows a young female driver being taught how to drive by her father, is meant to be a celebration of Saudi Arabia's recent decision to allow women to drive for the first time.

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According to Coca-Cola, the one-minute long ad titled "Change has a taste," is meant to enable the "economic empowerment of women."

Some took to social media in celebration of the ad's message.

Love this Ad! A Saudi teaching his daughter to drive. Well done @CocaCola pic.twitter.com/uKWOyLW3Uv

— Faten Al Haddad (@fatenhaddad) November 5, 2017 Read more...

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