Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif.
Title:
Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif.
Author:
Sharif, Manal, 1979- author.
ISBN:
9781476793023
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Physical Description:
x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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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