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Sharif, Manal, 1979-
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Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women political activists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women automobile drivers -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women's rights -- Saudi Arabia.
Women in Islam -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
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Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women political activists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women automobile drivers -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women's rights -- Saudi Arabia.
Women in Islam -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
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Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening /
Manal
al-Sharif.
by
Sharif
,
Manal
,
1979-
Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Call #:
305.4209538 S531d
Subjects
Sharif
,
Manal
,
1979-
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women political activists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women automobile drivers -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women's rights -- Saudi Arabia.
Women in Islam -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9781476793023 (hc.)
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description:
x, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"A devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive.
Manal
al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, melting her brother's boy band cassettes in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties she was a computer security engineer, one of few women working in a desert compound that resembled suburban America. That's when the Saudi kingdom's contradictions became too much to bear: she was labeled a slut for chatting with male colleagues, her teenage brother chaperoned her on a business trip, and while she kept a car in her garage, she was forbidden from driving down city streets behind the wheel. She was imprisoned in 2011 for driving a car. An accidental activist, the story of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a kingdom of men.
Manal
offers a rare glimpse into the lives of women in Saudi Arabia today. A celebration of resilience in the face of tyranny."--Provided by publisher.
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Memoirs.
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