{"product_id":"2940170624942","title":"Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManal 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 \u003ci\u003eharam\u003c\/i\u003e: forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaring to Drive\u003c\/i\u003e 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 menamp;mdash;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.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162171752688,"sku":"2940170624942","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170624942_p0.jpg?v=1763714358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170624942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}