![]() (and) these pieces of religious propaganda were overwhelmingly intended to enforce the compliance of women,” she writes. “Every public and most private spaces were saturated with radical books, brochures, and cassette sermons. Rules - especially for women - are everywhere, and so are the punishments for breaking them. ![]() The book provides a rare glimpse into Saudi society, and especially into the lives and emotions of women. The story of her time in a filthy jail is riveting, but “Daring to Drive” does far more than explore that episode and its aftermath. “Daring to Drive” is a brave, extraordinary, heartbreakingly personal story of one woman’s battle for equal rights, told through the minute details of an everyday life that boiled over after years of frustrations.Īl-Sharif was arrested for driving afterward, people bombarded her with both abuse and praise. Manal Al-Sharif illuminates the insidious nature of that reality in Saudi Arabia. ![]()
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