An inspirational woman once said, “The rain begins with a single drop.” (Brainyquotes). Her name is Manal al-Sharif. She started an underground civil-disobedience movement to encouraged women to drive with one simple action. In spring 2011 she tried something most women had been afraid to ever do, drive. In late May 2011, Al-Sharif drove her car in Khobar. The video was posted to YouTube and Facebook. In the video, al-Sharif stated, "This is a volunteer campaign to help the
girls of this country [learn to drive]. At least for times of emergency, God forbid. What if whoever is driving them gets a heart attack?" (Wikipedia). The religious police captured her on May 21. By May 25th the video already had 600,000 views.
Although Manal al-Sharif was kept in jail, she had started a
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