Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening

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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening is a memoir by Saudi women’s rights activist Manal al-Sharif that chronicles her fight against the kingdom’s driving ban on women and her broader struggle for personal and political freedom.

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instanceOf book
about Manal al-Sharif NERFINISHED
author Manal al-Sharif NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED
depicts Manal al-Sharif’s arrest for driving in Saudi Arabia
campaign against Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving
life under Saudi guardianship laws
focusesOn conflict between tradition and modernity in Saudi Arabia
personal transformation of the author
struggle for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia
genre autobiography
non-fiction
hasForm audiobook
e-book
print book
intendedAudience general adult readers
language English
mainSubject Saudi Arabian society
activism
civil disobedience
driving ban on women in Saudi Arabia
gender segregation in Saudi Arabia
personal freedom
political freedom
women’s rights
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor firsthand account of Saudi women’s driving protests
insider perspective on Saudi women’s rights movement
portrays Saudi legal system
Saudi religious police NERFINISHED
constraints on women’s mobility in Saudi Arabia
relatedTo Saudi women’s right-to-drive campaign
lifting of the Saudi driving ban on women in 2018
setting Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED
theme courage
female empowerment
freedom of movement
human rights
resistance to oppression
role of social media in activism
timePeriodDescribed early 21st century
workOf Manal al-Sharif NERFINISHED

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Manal al-Sharif notableWork Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening