Arabia Quote by James Buchan

In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men to attend…

— 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,…

— Manal al-Sharif

Saudi men have sisters, mothers, and wives, and in my working experience, I have had tremendous support from Saudi men. I really don't think…

— Lubna Olayan

In effect, Saudi Arabia legitimizes fundamentalism, religious discrimination, intolerance and the oppression of women. Saudi women not only can't drive, but are also told…

— Nicholas Kristof

“Beyond that, many Saudi citizens want a more open society, still devoutly Islamic but free of some of the restraints imposed by religious fundamentalists…

— Karen Elliott House

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

The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.

— Basmah bint Saud

If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd, because -…

— Reza Aslan

“Women of all ages are in-fantilized by the Saudi system. A woman, no matter how old, has to be able to show a signed…

— Geraldine Brooks

On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of…

— Basmah bint Saud

I expect that I will still wake up every morning and ponder the choice I have made to speak my mind about what is…

— Jamal Khashoggi

That is life for a Saudi woman: wherever we go, whatever we achieve, we are the property of a man.

— Manal al-Sharif