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Manal al-Sharif is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right-to-drive campaign in 2011. 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 on 21 May 2011, released, and rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if…
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culture · Saudi Arabian activist (born 1979) · writer · activist · computer scientist · women's rights activist · also Manal al-Sharif, al-Sharif
Born 25 April 1979 · Q445754
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This is a volunteer campaign to help the girls of this country [learn to drive]. At least for times of emergency, God forbid. What if whoever is driving them gets a heart attack?
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“effectively shaped and molded the Twitter discourse by buying trolls and bots, while directly or indirectly threatening, harassing or arresting and jailing those who were influencers and didn”
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“This is a volunteer campaign to help the girls of this country [learn to drive]. At least for times of emergency, God forbid. What if whoever is driving them gets a heart attack?”
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“Las víctimas son tratadas como criminales. Las meten refugios, que son cárceles, hasta que otro tutor se haga cargo de ellas.”
“No había igualdad entre hombres y mujeres. Nosotras no podíamos utilizar los alojamientos de la empresa, ni los autobuses de empleados, ni estudiar en el extranjero.”
Digital Journal: Manal al-Sharif, driving change for Saudi women
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Al-Sharif had another son in 2014 from her second marriage.
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Awarded Václav Havel Prize (2012).
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On 23 January 2012, al-Sharif was mistakenly reported dead in a car crash in Jeddah.
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Al-Sharif was named one of the Fearless Women of the year by The Daily Beast, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2012
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The Village Voice: Manal al-Sharif, Latest Saudi Woman Arrested for Driving, Sparks Protest Fury
Campaign: 2011 women driving election.
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Campaign: 2011 women prisoners election.
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A group of women including Manal al-Sharif started a Facebook campaign named "Teach me how to drive so I can protect myself" or "Women2Drive" that says that women should be allowed to drive
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Dozens of women in Riyadh drove their cars in protest, were imprisoned for one day, had their passports confiscated, and some of them lost their jobs
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Born 1979-04-25.
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