In May 2011, I drove a car in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to protest the kingdom's ban on women driving. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
My father's generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it's the opposite. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
In Saudi Arabia, they always tell us we are queens. We are pistachios. You know the nut? Like something that is protected.… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
For me, driving - or the right to drive - is not only about moving from A to B; it's a way… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
The bicycle freed 19th-century women from their homes and from their dependence on men. I hope that in Saudi Arabia, the car… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few -… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Women's rights are nothing but a part of the bigger picture, which is human rights. Women are trusted with the lives of… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver's seat of our only destiny. That means… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“I was lonely, desperate, and angry. At that moment, I truly understood what it meant to be a Saudi woman. It meant… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
I went to a technology conference in Germany, and there were these beautiful, model-like women standing there in front of the products.… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif,” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?” “Is… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“I had to smuggle an early Nokia camera cell phone into the country from Bahrain in 2004. There was a large black market for… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few - if any… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book,… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
“Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future” — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver's seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be completely covered,… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
Women's rights are nothing but a part of the bigger picture, which is human rights. Women are trusted with the lives of their kids,… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
“We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
My father's generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it's the opposite. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
That is life for a Saudi woman: wherever we go, whatever we achieve, we are the property of a man. — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share
