Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif.

This is a memoir about living, loving, dreaming, daring, and driving while female -- in a country where it's dangerous to do all of the above. Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year strict fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was religi...

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Main Author: Sharif, Manal, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
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Table of 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
  • Aboya and the king
  • The rain begins with a single drop
  • Epilogue.