Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening /
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
A country of one king and millions of queens -- Cockroaches and prison bars -- Dirty girls -- Mecca under siege -- Behind the veil -- My Barbie is murdered -- The forbidden satellite dish -- Employed and homeless -- Love and the falafel man -- Live free or die -- Driving while female -- In the kingdom of Saudi men -- Abouya and the king -- The rain starts with a single drop.
A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
9781476793023 1476793026
2016041017
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women political activists--Biography.
Women automobile drivers--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
A country of one king and millions of queens -- Cockroaches and prison bars -- Dirty girls -- Mecca under siege -- Behind the veil -- My Barbie is murdered -- The forbidden satellite dish -- Employed and homeless -- Love and the falafel man -- Live free or die -- Driving while female -- In the kingdom of Saudi men -- Abouya and the king -- The rain starts with a single drop.
A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
9781476793023 1476793026
2016041017
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women political activists--Biography.
Women automobile drivers--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Autobiographies.