Saudi Arabian - Activist | April 25, 1979 -
We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
Manal al-Sharif
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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
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Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.
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Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens.
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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.
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I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history.
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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.
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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.
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We should not label people who speak up, because it should not be the exception - it should be the norm. When you see something wrong, you speak up.
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I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive.
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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.
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When I see something wrong, I speak up.
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