Manal al-Sharif - Wikiquote

Manal al-Sharif (Arabic: منال الشريف; born 25 April 1979) is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist and computer scientist.

• The rain starts with a single drop.
  • About the Women to drive movement. As quoted in Saudi woman claims she was detained for driving (May 27, 2011) by Atika Shubert, CNN.

• Imagine your son becomes your guardian, no matter my capabilities as a woman, I am still enslaved to somebody else. Freedom for me is to live with dignity, and if my dignity and freedom is controlled by a man, I will never be free.
  • About male guardianship on women in Saudi Arabia. As quoted in Saudi women 'still enslaved', says activist as driving ban ends (22 June 2018) by Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation.

• While people are celebrating on Sunday we shouldn't forget the people who fought for lifting this ban are in jail.
  • About lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia. As quoted in Saudi women 'still enslaved', says activist as driving ban ends (22 June 2018) by Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation.

• I am so happy I want to be there. I know Saudi Arabia will never be the same again, women will have easy access to transportation and that means they will be more part of the workforce.
  • About lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia. As quoted in Saudi women 'still enslaved', says activist as driving ban ends (22 June 2018) by Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation.

• Women driving is just the first step - we have a long way to go.
  • About lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia. As quoted in Saudi women 'still enslaved', says activist as driving ban ends (22 June 2018) by Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation.

• Official website
• Facebook page
• Manal al-Sharif at TED.
• "A Saudi woman who dared to drive" (TEDGlobal 2013)