“My face is my identity. No one will cover it. I’m proud of my face. If my face bothers you, don’t look. Turn your own face away, take your eyes off me. If you are seduced by merely looking at… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“This is what happens when the state intervenes in a person’s private life; it creates two separate personas. It compels you either to lead two separate lives, or to violate what’s imposed on you when the state isn’t looking.” — 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 Image
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 Image
Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? — 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 the book,… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future” — 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 ending guardianship… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 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
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 Image
