Manal al-Sharif Quotes

Manal al-Sharif — Saudi Arabian Activist born on April 25, 1979,

Manal al-Sharif is a women's rights activist from Saudi Arabia who helped start a women's right to drive campaign in 2011. A women's rights activist who had previously filmed herself driving, Wajeha al-Huwaider, filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook. Al-Sharif was detained and released on 21 May and rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving and not talking to the media.The New York Times and Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign with the wider pattern of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention with Saudi authorities' fear of protests... (wikipedia)

The rain begins with a single drop.

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?'

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.