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> [“I had to smuggle an early Nokia camera cell phone into the country from Bahrain in 2004. There was a large black market for these banned phones, with smugglers hiding them inside car bumpers or car door frames, while customs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/i-had-to-smuggle-an-early-nokia-camera-cell-phone-into-the-country/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

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## Other authors on Bahrain

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-higgins-18145.jpg) Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bahrain/hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa/)

## More by Manal al-Sharif

> [“Freedom is to live with dignity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/freedom-is-to-live-with-dignity/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [“I had to smuggle an early Nokia camera cell phone into the country from Bahrain in 2004. There was a large black market for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/i-had-to-smuggle-an-early-nokia-camera-cell-phone-into-the-country/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few - if any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/i-love-my-sons-i-love-my-husband-and-i-love-my-country-but-in/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [When I see something wrong, I speak up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/when-i-see-something-wrong-i-speak-up/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/who-do-you-think-is-more-difficult-to-face-oppressive-governments-or/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/i-realised-it-is-impossible-to-live-with-the-rules-they-give-saudi/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [“Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/because-my-mother-couldn-t-change-my-present-i-decided-to-change-my/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/for-us-driving-is-not-what-we-are-looking-for-but-being-in-the-driver/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/the-saudi-ideal-of-a-woman-is-a-religious-mother-who-rarely-ventures/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/women-s-rights-are-nothing-but-a-part-of-the-bigger-picture-which-is/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [“We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/we-were-like-captive-animals-that-had-lost-the-will-to-fight-we-even/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [The rain begins with a single drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/the-rain-begins-with-a-single-drop/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [I'm just a human being who would not accept being wronged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/i-m-just-a-human-being-who-would-not-accept-being-wronged/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [My father's generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it's the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/my-father-s-generation-of-saudi-men-are-more-liberal-than-the-men-of/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

> [That is life for a Saudi woman: wherever we go, whatever we achieve, we are the property of a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/that-is-life-for-a-saudi-woman-wherever-we-go-whatever-we-achieve-we/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

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