What is Manal al-Sharif?
{{Infobox person | name = Manal al-Sharif (Manal Abd Masoud Almnami al-Sharif) | image = Manal al-Shraif.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|25}} | birth_place = [[Mecca]], Saudi Arabia | known_for = Defying female driving ban in Saudi Arabia | occupation = Computer Scientist | employer = [[Saudi Aramco]] | children = 1 son (born c. 2006) }} '''Manal al-Sharif''' is a [[Saudi Arabia]]n [[activist]] for [[women's rights]] in the kingdom. She helped start a women's right to [[wikt:driving|drive]] campaign in 2011. A women's rights activist who had previously filmed herself driving, [[Wajeha al-Huwaider]], filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alhayat.com/OpinionsDetails/557774 |title=الحياة - Details |access-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019234510/http://www.alhayat.com/OpinionsDetails/557774 |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. Al-Sharif was [[arrest]]ed and released on 21 May and then rearrested the next day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on [[bail]], on the conditions of returning for questioning if asked, not driving and not talking to the media. ''[[The New York Times]]'' and [[Associated Press]] reported the women's driving campaign as part of the [[Arab Spring]]. They reported the length of al-Sharif's detention with the Saudi government's fear of [[protest]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Daring-to-Drive/Manal-al-Sharif/9781476793023|title=Daring to Drive|date=13 June 2017|isbn=9781476793030|access-date=25 June 2018|last1=Al-Sharif|first1=Manal|publisher=Simon & Schuster }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/05/11/baby-steps-towards-women-s-rights-in-saudi-arabia.html |title=Baby Steps Toward Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia |author=Vivian Salama |date=11 M