Drive Sisters Drive!
It is well into Friday June 17th in Saudi Arabia as I write this and women there are demonstrating their ability and right to drive. That is right. Drive. A car. Women's voting rights are restricted there. Similarly it is forbidden for women to drive. They've been arrested. Watch the You Tube video for which Manal al-Sharif was arrested when she uploaded it. The video is of her driving and talking about the about the driving ban and her feelings of hope that women were volunteering to join the Saudi Women Driving Campaign.
In the Washington D.C. women drove around the Saudi Embassy, encircling it, in Foggy Bottom on Wednesday to show their support. My favorite support action thus far is the protest in Kiev where topless members of FEMEN demonstrated in front of the Saudi Embassy.
To follow what is going on use Twitter hashtags #women2drive #W2drive
Some have already reported success without problems, but one report's link to an image of a woman driving has already gone "empty." The world is watching! And commenting. And supporting!!!
Drive sisters, drive!!!
In the Washington D.C. women drove around the Saudi Embassy, encircling it, in Foggy Bottom on Wednesday to show their support. My favorite support action thus far is the protest in Kiev where topless members of FEMEN demonstrated in front of the Saudi Embassy.
To follow what is going on use Twitter hashtags #women2drive #W2drive
Some have already reported success without problems, but one report's link to an image of a woman driving has already gone "empty." The world is watching! And commenting. And supporting!!!
Drive sisters, drive!!!
1 comment:
I have to disagree with almost all of what you say. It is too absolute. No religion is all bad nor all good. The danger we currently face comes from fundamentalist believers in their narrow understanding of truth. The things you say about Islam could be said about any religion, especially the off-shoots of monotheistic sons of Abraham belief systems. Christianity is no less guilty than Islam or than the Zionist branch of Judaism. Just my take on the pointing of fingers.
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