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Swedish furniture giant Ikea has apologized for removing all the women from their Saudi Arabian catalogue, following public outrage in Sweden including the EU minister slamming the action as "medieval".
In the Saudi version of Ikea's annual furniture booklet, all the women who appear in the catalogue published in other countries have been removed via photo retouching.
The altered images caused a stir when revealed in Swedish media, prompting an apology from Ikea's head office in Sweden.