Daring to Drive - Paperback
By Manal Al-Sharif

THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED CHANGE WITH HER CALL FOR GREATER FREEDOMS FOR WOMEN.FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2018 UN PEACE PRIZEand THE GUARDIAN:and '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.and 'Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif. Her gripping account of homegrown courage will speak to the fighter in all of us.and Books like this one can change the world' and Deborah Feldman,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Unorthodox'Manal al-Sharif is following in a long tradition of women activists around the world who have put themselves on the lineand to expose and challenge discriminatory laws and policies'and Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International NewsManal al-Sharifand 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 wasand haram: forbidden by Islamic law.By her twenties she was a computer security engineer.and 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.and 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'sand Women2Driveand campaign inspired other women to take action. Manal has been lauded by theand Oslo Freedom Forum, described byand Time Magazineand asand one of the most 100 most influential people in the world, and she was awarded theand Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent.and Daring to Driveand is an account of Manal al-Sharif's fight for equality in an unequal society. A visceral coming-of-age tale, itand is also a celebration of resilience, the power of education and the strength of female solidarity in the face of hardship.and