![]() ![]() By her twenties, she had become a computer engineer, working in a desert compound that resembled suburban America. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, burning her brother's CDs in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law. Manal al-Sharif was born in Mecca in 1979, the year fundamentalism took hold in the Saudi kingdom. 'Manal al-Sharif is following in a long tradition of women activists around the world who have put themselves on the line to expose and challenge discriminatory laws and policies' Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International News Books like this one can change the world' Deborah Feldman, New York Times bestselling author of Unorthodox Her gripping account of homegrown courage will speak to the fighter in all of us. 'Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif, whose voice is laden with quiet dignity even at its most urgent. ![]()
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