Daring to drive : the young Saudi woman who stood up to a kingdom of men / Manal al-Sharif.
Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: x, 289 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 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
- 920.72 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks | 920.72 ALS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | Signed by the author | 67955 |
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.
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