Daring to drive :
Sharif, Manal, 1979-,
Daring to drive : the young Saudi woman who stood up to a kingdom of men / Manal al-Sharif. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - London : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2017. - x, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Signed by the author.
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.
9781471164408 (paperback) 147116439X
Alsharif, Manal.
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Saudi Arabia.
Autobiographies.
Women - Saudi Arabia - Social conditions.
Women automobile drivers - Saudi Arabia - Biography.
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Political activists--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women--Social conditions--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Automobile driving--Religious aspects--Islam.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women political activists--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women automobile drivers--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.
920.72
Daring to drive : the young Saudi woman who stood up to a kingdom of men / Manal al-Sharif. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - London : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2017. - x, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Signed by the author.
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.
9781471164408 (paperback) 147116439X
Alsharif, Manal.
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Saudi Arabia.
Autobiographies.
Women - Saudi Arabia - Social conditions.
Women automobile drivers - Saudi Arabia - Biography.
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Political activists--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women--Social conditions--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Automobile driving--Religious aspects--Islam.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women political activists--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Women automobile drivers--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.
920.72
