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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.

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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

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Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.

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Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens.

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Everything is possible; we just need to be hopeful and think of the world from a human perspective. The world is so small compared to the universe, so we shouldn't fight for petty things.

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For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver's seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens.

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I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history.

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In May 2011, I drove a car in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to protest the kingdom's ban on women driving.

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In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men to attend school, to work, to marry, to travel overseas - even to have basic medical procedures.

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My mother gave birth to me on the floor of our apartment in Mecca with only my toddler sister to help her because my father was at work and no male guardian was available to take her to a hospital.

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Biography

Nationality: Saudi Arabian

Type: Activist

Born: April 25th, 1979

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