A Woman Driving in Saudi Arabia Defying The Law and Her Religion

On each birthday, Manal al-Sharif challenges herself to do something she never would or could do before. One year she parachuted from an airplane. But for her 32nd birthday, she decided to do something even crazier: Drive a car.

Living in Saudia Arabia, where women are banned from driving by religious edict, al-Sharif’s decision to get behind the wheel was one part protest and one part self-empowerment.

Watch al-Sharif in this video being interviewed as she drives, noting how she manages not to crash into anything, offend male drivers with her feminine blinker style, or incur the wrath of Allah.