Daring to Drive : : a Saudi Woman's Awakening

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Call Number: 921 Sharif, Manal, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / General / Sharif, Manal
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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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 -- Aboya 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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Amazing submitted by Zekicmom on July 17, 2017, 8:12pm I was blown away by Manal Al-Sharif's book. Her honesty in telling her story and her ability to look back objectively at herself and her family are commendable. Our childhoods and upbringing could not have been more different, and I am thankful to her both for her activism and for shining a light on the rampant injustices in Saudi society. I highly recomend "Daring to Drive."

You gonna cry and laugh submitted by areel on August 22, 2017, 11:06pm When you read this book you will think that the author wrote about the driving ban on Saudi women and how she arrested when she drove her car in the kingdom. But the writer talk about her life journey from being extremist to be a liberal independent women and later on becom an activist and feminist