“I got a text from my husband. “Manal, you are divorced,” it read. “Your papers are in the court of Khobar.” I was divorced in my absence, just as I had been married.” — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“The axiomatic thing about Saudi society is that while there are a seemingly infinite number of rules, it is also possible for people in authority to go outside those rules, and, if not break them, at least bend them quite… — 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
