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عربي

Manal al-Sharif

Manal al-Sharif

(April 1979 - Present)

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Manal al-Sharif (Arabic: منال الشريف; born 25 April 1979) is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right to drive campaign in 2011. Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook. Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May 2011, released, and then rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving, and not talking to the media....

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on October 2023.

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