Manal Al Sherif

'The Power of Women Is In Their Stories': Arab Women Activists Gather to Talk Twitter and Social Change

Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 03.28.2012

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Courtney C. Radsch

"I couldn't have done this without social media. The world would not have known."

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Female Senators Urge Saudi King To Let Women Drive

Huffington Post | Laura Stampler | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Women's Rights, Saudi Women Driving Ban, Manal Al-Sherif, Female-Senators, Saudi Women Driving, Saudi Arabia, change.org, Women News

While most of Washington was stuck in the ideological gridlock of the debt ceiling debate, a bipartisan coalition of female Senators came together Tue...

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Laura Stampler

Saudia Arabian Women Launch Campaign For Right To Drive -- But Will It Make A Difference?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 08.17.2011

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Saudi Arabian “freedom drivers” plan to take to the streets friday -- in their cars. It’s the official start of the Women2Drive campaign, in whi...

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A Fast Car Following Rosa's Footsteps

Yashar Ali | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Manal Al-Sherif, Driving, Rosa Parks, Dignity, Saudi Royal Family, Saudi Arabia, World News
Yashar Ali

Manal al-Sharif was arrested this weekend for driving around her neighborhood. She wasn't speeding, she didn't run a red light and she didn't break any laws. She was arrested for being a woman with the audacity to drive a car in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Woman's Driving Campaign Replicated By Activists (VIDEO)

Posted 07.25.2011

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Though efforts have been made to erase a Saudi woman's call for civil disobedience in the wake of her Monday arrest for driving, her supporters are ho...

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Saudi Woman Re-Arrested For Driving

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 07.23.2011

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CAIRO — A Saudi woman was arrested for a second time for driving her car in what women's activists said Monday was a move by the rulers of the u...

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Saudi Woman Detained For Defying Driving Ban

AP | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | Posted 07.21.2011

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By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Authorities detained a Saudi woman on Saturday after she launched a campaign against the driving...

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