Manal al-Sharif Quotes

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May – the day I was arrested – it’s a positive change, they believe now.

We won’t stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.

It is really hard for women to take such a stand for the right of driving. But they will do so because we are really in need of this. So many women are struggling to manage their lives without the right to drive, it is not easy.

We only want to enjoy the right to drive like all women over the world.

When women break that taboo and they’re not afraid to drive that car by herself – that’s it. Now she has the guts to speak up for herself and take action.

The rain begins with a single drop.

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that’s inside me.

All I did was ask for rights. I didn’t attack anyone. I didn’t harass anyone. I didn’t oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, ‘Why can’t I drive?’