Age Quote by 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

“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

In Saudi Arabia - recognized as one of the worst violators of women's rights - women outnumber men on university campuses and yet are…

— Mona Eltahawy

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

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

— Lubna Olayan

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

It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and…

— Barbara Boxer

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

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

“How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she talks about…

— Manal al-Sharif

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

— Manal al-Sharif

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