Main Title |
Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / |
Author |
Sharif, Manal,
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Publisher |
Simon & Schuster, |
Year Published |
2017 |
OCLC Number |
961009504 |
ISBN |
9781476793023; 1476793026; 9781476793030; 1476793034; 9781471164392; 147116439X; 9781471164408; 1471164403 |
Subjects |
Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography ;
Women political activists--Biography ;
Women automobile drivers--Saudi Arabia--Biography ;
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists ;
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women ;
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula ;
Soziale Stellung ;
Politisches Handeln ;
Autofahren ;
Saudi-Arabien ;
Women automobile drivers--Biography
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Additional Subjects |
Sharif, Manal,--1979- ;
Bèorngen,
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
HQ1730.Z75S47 2017 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
11/08/2022 |
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Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Collation |
x, 289 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents Notes |
A country of one king and millions of queens -- Cockroaches and prison bars -- Dirty girls -- Mecca under siege -- Behind the veil -- My Barbie is murdered -- The forbidden satellite dish -- Employed and homeless -- Love and the falafel man -- Live free or die -- Driving while female -- In the kingdom of Saudi men -- Abouya and the king -- The rain starts with a single drop. This is a memoir about living, loving, dreaming, daring, and driving while female -- in a country where it's dangerous to do all of the above. Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year strict fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was religious radical, melting her brother's boy band CDs in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties, she was a computer security engineer, one of a few women working in a desert compound built to resemble suburban America. That's when the Saudi kingdom's contradictions became too much to bear: she was labeled a slut for chatting with male colleagues, her school-age brother chaperoned her on a business trip, and while she kept a car in her garage, she was forbidden from driving on Saudi streets. Manal-al-Sharif has written a memoir about the making of an accidental activist, a story of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a kingdom of men -- and won. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
2017 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
RDA |
LCCN |
2016041017 |
Merged OCLC records |
988711529; 1084680745 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20221104213017 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
05296cam 2200961 i 45010 |