# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manal-al-sharif
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:06:37.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manal-al-sharif"
name: "Manal al-Sharif"
slug: "manal-al-sharif"
description: "Manal al-Sharif is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right-to-drive campaign in 2011. Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook. Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May 2011, released, and rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if required, not driving, and not talking to the media. The New York Times and Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign as part of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention due to Saudi authorities' fear of protests."
tagline: "Saudi Arabian activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manal_al-Shraif_face_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.463324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 185
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    handle:    "manal_alsharif"
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    handle:    "manal.livefreeordie"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.manal-alsharif.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump