Teach me how to drive! Let’s all support the Saudi women basic rights

كلنا منال الشريف دعوه للتضامن مع حقوق المرأه السعوديه

"That is exactly the situation in Saudi Arabia where women are being denied the simplest of utilities - a mode of transportation - and where women are ready to give all they own to acquire the most basic of human rights - the right to drive a car. Women were traveling the deserts for thousands of years but we can't be trusted with a piece of metal." Reem Al Faisal

 Manal Alsharif منال الشريف

Many families in Saudi Arabia have at least one driver with an average salary of around 2,000 Saudi riyals ($533) per month. Those who cannot afford this assign a male member of family to drive its women, which often amounts to a time-consuming burden.

Thousands of Saudi men and women joined Facebook groups calling for Saudi driving rights to be extended to women.

Thousands of Saudi men and women joined Facebook groups calling for Saudi driving rights to be extended to women.

Authorities detained six women on Thursday for driving cars in the capital in defiance of laws allowing only male motorists on the kingdom’s roads.

"Women in the country are also required to have written approval from a designated guardian — a father, husband, brother or son — to emigrate, work or travel abroad." 

(By Jason Benham)