Manal al-Sharif quotes - page 2

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that. (Manal al-Sharif)
Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens. View quote
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My message to the world is to surrender your ego: try not to think that you are not as fortunate as some people or inferior or not as good as someone else. View quote
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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 in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens. View quote
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In May 2011, I drove a car in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to protest the kingdom's ban on women driving. View quote
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In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men to attend school, to work, to marry, to travel overseas - even to have basic medical procedures. View quote
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My mother gave birth to me on the floor of our apartment in Mecca with only my toddler sister to help her because my father was at work and no male guardian was available to take her to a hospital. View quote
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I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive. View quote
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For me, driving - or the right to drive - is not only about moving from A to B; it's a way to emancipate women. It gives them so much liberty. It makes them independent. View quote
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When I see something wrong, I speak up. View quote
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I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book, but you can never stay pure. (Manal al-Sharif)
My father's generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it's the opposite. View quote
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I went to a technology conference in Germany, and there were these beautiful, model-like women standing there in front of the products. I asked a question, and she had no clue what the product was. She had to call someone from the back to explain it to me. To me, that's using a woman as an object. To me, that's totally wrong. View quote
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Manal al-Sharif

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Photo: Manal al-Shraif, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: Saudi Arabian Activist
Born: April 25, 1979
Quotes count: 38

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