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Manal Al-Sharif, Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening Quotes: We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.
         

We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.


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We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very constraints that they hadimposed upon us.
         



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