Daring to Drive

Daring to Drive

EnglishPaperback / softback
Al-Sharif Manal
Simon & Schuster Ltd
EAN: 9781471164422
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THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED CHANGE WITH HER CALL FOR GREATER FREEDOMS FOR WOMEN.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2018 UN PEACE PRIZE 

THE GUARDIAN: 'MANAL AL-SHARIF BECAME A GLOBAL FIGUREHEAD OF A CAUSE THAT DREW THE ATTENTION OF GLOBAL LEADERS WHO URGED THE [SAUDI] KINGDOM TO OVERTURN THE BAN' ON WOMEN DRIVING. 

'Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif
. Her gripping account of homegrown courage will speak to the fighter in all of us. Books like this one can change the world'  Deborah Feldman, New York Times bestselling author of Unorthodox

'Manal al-Sharif is following in a long tradition of women activists around the world who have put themselves on the line to expose and challenge discriminatory laws and policies' Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International News

Manal al-Sharif was born in Mecca the year fundamentalism took hold in Saudi Arabia. As a young girl she would burn her brother's boy band CDs in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law.

By her twenties she was a computer security engineer. But as she became older, the unequal way in which women are treated became too much to bear: she was branded a slut for talking to male colleagues at work; her school-age brother had to chaperone her on business trips and, while she kept a car in her garage, she was forbidden from driving down Saudi streets. 

Her personal rebellion began the day she got behind the wheel of a car: an act that ultimately led to her arrest and imprisonment. Manal's Women2Drive campaign inspired other women to take action. Manal has been lauded by the Oslo Freedom Forum, described by Time Magazine as one of the most 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. 

Daring to Drive is an account of Manal al-Sharif’s fight for equality in an unequal society. A visceral coming-of-age tale, it is also a celebration of resilience, the power of education and the strength of female solidarity in the face of hardship. 


 
EAN 9781471164422
ISBN 147116442X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication date June 14, 2018
Pages 304
Language English
Dimensions 198 x 130 x 21
Country United Kingdom
Authors Al-Sharif Manal