# Manal al-Sharif: A Saudi woman who dared to drive

There's no actual law against women driving in Saudi Arabia. But it's forbidden. Two years ago, Manal al-Sharif decided to encourage women to drive by doing so -- and filming herself for YouTube. Hear her story of what happened next.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ManalAlSharif_2013G)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/ManalAlSharif_2013G?play=1)