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1 online resource (12 audio files) : digital |
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10:24:48 |
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audio file rda |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Lameece Issaq. |
| Summary |
Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, melting her brother’s boy band cassettes in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties she was a computer security engineer, one of few women working in a desert compound that resembled suburban America. That’s when the Saudi kingdom’s contradictions became too much to bear: she was labeled a slut for chatting with male colleagues, her teenage brother chaperoned her on a business trip, and while she kept a car in her garage, she was forbidden from driving down city streets behind the wheel. Daring to Drive is the fiercely intimate memoir of an accidental activist, a powerfully vivid story of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a kingdom of men—and won. Writing on the cusp of history, Manal offers a rare glimpse into the lives of women in Saudi Arabia today. Her memoir is a remarkable celebration of resilience in the face of tyranny, the extraordinary power of education and female solidarity, and the difficulties, absurdities, and joys of making your voice heard |
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Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 289638 KB). |
| Subject |
Sharif, Manal, 1979-
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Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Women political activists -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Women automobile drivers -- Saudi Arabia -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Electronic audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Issaq, Lameece, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9781508237204 (sound recording) |
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