Abuse Quote by Lubna Olayan

I think that Saudi women are very powerful. And I think that Saudi men are the greatest support to Saudi women.

— Lubna Olayan

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

In Saudi society, women are extremely respected. I never had an issue with that at all.

— Lubna Olayan

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

There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them,…

— Dave Eggers

Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be…

— James Buchan

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

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

— Barbara Boxer

Saudi Arabia is militant Islamic extremism, Wahhabi Islam is extreme and violent. These are the people that execute gays. These are the people that…

— Rush Limbaugh

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

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

As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind - which at first happened to me…

— Mona Eltahawy