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Author Sharif, Manal, 1979- author.

Title Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / Manal al-Sharif.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 SHARIF    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY SHARIF    DUE 05-11-24
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. SHARIF, M.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SHARIF, MANAL    DUE 05-11-24
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B AL-SHARIF    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO SHARIF    DUE 05-13-24
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B SHARIF MANAL S    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  320.082 SHA    DUE 05-13-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B AL-SHARIF, MANAL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B SHARIF    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Contents A country of one king and millions of queens -- Cockroaches and prison bars -- Dirty girls -- Mecca under siege -- Behind the veil -- My Barbie is murdered -- The forbidden satellite dish -- Employed and homeless -- Love and the falafel man -- Live free or die -- Driving while female -- In the kingdom of Saudi men -- Abouya and the king -- The rain begins with a single drop.
Summary A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
Subject Sharif, Manal, 1979-
Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Women political activists -- Biography.
Women automobile drivers -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Other Form: Online version: Sharif, Manal, 1979- Daring to drive. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017 9781476793047 (DLC) 2016050553
ISBN 9781476793023 (hardcover)
1476793026 (hardcover)
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