Daring to Drive Audiobook by Manal al-Sharif

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/30/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Daring to Drive Subtitle: A Saudi Woman's Awakening Author: Manal al-Sharif Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 159 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Publisher's Summary: A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive. 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 20s 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.