Manal Al Sharif Quotes

The rain begins with a single drop

~ Manal Al-Sharif

Freedom is to live with dignity

~ Manal Al-Sharif

I was lonely, desperate, and angry. At that moment, I truly understood what it meant to be a Saudi woman. It meant being confronted with every possible kind ofobstacle and discrimination. It meant being told that if you want to race with men, you’d have to do it with your hands and legs cut off. I started to wish I had been born somewhere—anywhere—else.

~ Manal Al-Sharif

So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif,” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?”“Is driving a car something shameful?” I answered back.

~ Manal Al-Sharif

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.

~ Manal Al-Sharif

Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future

~ Manal Al-Sharif

She took my papers, the papers that had followed me from the Khobar police station to jail, and pointed at a place where I was supposed to sign. On the paper there was a line for charges. In the blank space, someone had written “driving while female.

~ Manal Al-Sharif

How beautiful it is to live in a world with no walls.

~ Manal Al-Sharif

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.

~ Manal Al-Sharif