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Daring to drive a Saudi woman's awakening

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.

Main Author: Sharif, Manal, 1979- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Sharif, Manal, > 1979-
Women > Saudi Arabia > Biography.
Women political activists > Biography.
Women automobile drivers > Saudi Arabia > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781476793023
1476793026
Author Notes: Manal al-Sharif is a women's rights activist from Saudi Arabia who was imprisoned in 2011 for driving a car. She has been lauded by Foreign Policy , Time , Forbes , and the Oslo Freedom Forum. Daring to Drive is her first book.

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