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Manal al-Sharif
Saudi Arabian
Activist
Born:
Apr 25
,
1979
Drive
Me
Speak
Woman
Women
You
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When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.
Manal al-Sharif
You
Business
Injustice
Corruption
Speak
Say
See
None
Up
Just
Shut
Shut Up
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.
Manal al-Sharif
Women
Ending
Looking
Our
Destiny
Recognizing
Arabia
Citizens
Only
Driver
Driving
Being
Which
Us
Means
Full
Seat
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
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.
Manal al-Sharif
Work
Me
Mother
Father
Guardian
Sister
Birth
Gave
Our
Only
Hospital
Take
Because
Male
Apartment
Available
Toddler
Help
Mecca
Floor
Her
I almost got kidnapped trying to find a taxi in the street. In Saudi Arabia, it's not normal for a woman to walk in the street alone, and I don't cover my face, so I am an open target.
Manal al-Sharif
Alone
Woman
Walk
Face
Kidnapped
Arabia
Find
Open
Almost
Got
Am
Cover
Normal
Target
Trying
Taxi
Street
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, they always tell us we are queens. We are pistachios. You know the nut? Like something that is protected. So even if you have a very good education, restraints are put on women.
Manal al-Sharif
Education
Good
You
Women
Nut
Tell
Arabia
Something
Put
Like
Know
Protected
Always
Queens
Very
Us
Even
Good Education
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
Manal al-Sharif
Rights
Drive
Country
Oppose
System
Attack
Said
Authority
Did
Anyone
Ask
Harass
Why
Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
Manal al-Sharif
Positive
Day
Me
Change
Women
Believe
Positive Change
Tell
Since
Arrested
May
Different
Now
I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history.
Manal al-Sharif
History
Women
Will
Side
Say
Backseat
Wrong
Countries
Wrong Side
Always
End
Up
Keep
I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive.
Manal al-Sharif
Woman
Drive
Normal
Normal Person
Person
Just
Want
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.
Manal al-Sharif
Me
Women
Liberty
Drive
Way
Emancipate
Independent
About
Only
Gives
Driving
Makes
Moving
Them
Much
Right
I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.
Manal al-Sharif
Better
Harsh
Impact
Attacks
Make
How
Am
Doing
Measure
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
Generation
Women
Father
Men
Liberal
My Generation
More
Opposite
Than
Saudi
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, and she shouldn't go out alone to run errands.
Manal al-Sharif
Work
Alone
Woman
Mother
Men
Out
Run
Religious
Rarely
Ideal
She
Ventures
Go
Covered
Should
Who
Saudi
I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few - if any - choices for women. Or the choices are such that there is no greater pain than having to choose.
Manal al-Sharif
Love
Women
Men
Husband
Country
Few
Pain
Kingdoms
Having
Sons
Greater
Than
Any
Choices
Choose
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