Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

â€œA vital, inspiring bookâ€ (O, The Oprah Magazine): a ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of the courageous movement that won Saudi women the right to drive.

Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year strict fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, melting her brotherâ€™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 Manal was a computer security engineer, one of few women working in a desert compound built to resemble suburban America. Thatâ€™s when the Saudi kingdomâ€™s contradictions became too much to bear: she was labeled a slut for chatting with male colleagues, her school-age brother chaperoned her on a business trip, and while she kept a car in the garage, she was forbidden from driving on Saudi streets.

Manal al-Sharifâ€™s memoir is an â€œeye-openingâ€ (The Christian Science Monitor) account of the making of an accidental activist, a vivid story of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a kingdom of menâ€”and won. Daring to Drive is â€œa brave, extraordinary, heartbreakingly personalâ€ (Associated Press) celebration of resilience in the face of tyranny and â€œa testament to how women in Muslim countries are helping change their culture, one step at a timeâ€ (New York Journal of Books).

Country	USA
Author	Manal al-Sharif
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781476793047
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	305
PublicationDate	2017-06-13
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2017-06-13
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

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