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Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening  Cover Image Book Book

Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening

Sharif, Manal 1979- (author.).

Summary: A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.

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  • ISBN: 1476793026
  • ISBN: 9781476793023
  • Physical Description: x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: 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 -- Abouya and the king -- The rain starts with a single drop.
Target Audience Note:
990L Lexile
Subject: Sharif, Manal 1979-
Women Saudi Arabia Biography
Women political activists Biography
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Women political activists Saudi Arabia Biography
Women Saudi Arabia Biography
Genre: Autobiographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Monroe County Libraries.

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Hughes Library B SHA (Text) 32378004597615 Adult Biography Available -

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