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 ⓘ
author Manal al-Sharif ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Saudi Arabia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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