“How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she talks about with her colleagues on her coffee break, yet we don’t judge a man if he doesn’t grow his beard or if he works with women or speaks to them. Why do Saudi women allow subjugation to a man and adhere to men’s rules and conditions? Why did I?” WomenWomen S RightsRulesWomen And MenWomen PowerPatriarchal SocietySaudi WomenSaudi Men Book:Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening Source: Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
“I got a text from my husband. “Manal, you are divorced,” it read. “Your papers are in the court of Khobar.” I was divorced in my absence, just as I had been married.” MarriageDivorceDiscriminationPatriarchyWomen S RightsExtremismSaudi ArabiaText MessageSaudi WomenSalafiManal Al SharifWahabiSaudi MenWomen Emnacipation Book:Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening Source: Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening