{"product_id":"9781471164392-daring-to-drive","title":"Daring to Drive","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping account of one woman's home-grown courage that will speak to the fighter in all of us\u003cbr\u003eA gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED CHANGE WITH HER CALL FOR GREATER FREEDOMS FOR WOMEN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2018 UN PEACE PRIZE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN: \u003c\/i\u003e'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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif\u003c\/b\u003e. Her gripping account of homegrown courage will speak to the fighter in all of us. \u003cb\u003eBooks like this one can change the world\u003c\/b\u003e'  \u003cb\u003eDeborah Feldman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnorthodox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eManal al-Sharif is following in a long tradition of women activists around the world who have put themselves on the line\u003c\/b\u003e to expose and challenge discriminatory laws and policies' \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Smart, Amnesty International News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManal al-Sharif\u003c\/b\u003e 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 was \u003ci\u003eharam\u003c\/i\u003e: forbidden by Islamic law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By her twenties she was a computer security engineer. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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's \u003cb\u003eWomen2Drive \u003c\/b\u003ecampaign inspired other women to take action. Manal has been lauded by the\u003cb\u003e Oslo Freedom Forum\u003c\/b\u003e, described by \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas \u003cb\u003eone of the most 100 most influential people in the world\u003c\/b\u003e, and she was awarded the \u003cb\u003eVáclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaring to Drive \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis an account of Manal al-Sharif’s fight for equality in an unequal society. A visceral coming-of-age tale, it is also a celebration of resilience, the power of education and the strength of female solidarity in the face of hardship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31645707632737,"sku":"9781471164392","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28477457.jpg?v=1722625807","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471164392-daring-to-drive","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}