
The woman who drove a Saudi revolution
From kidnapped at seven to a legend at seventy, the Saudi woman who refused to sit in the back seat. “Finally! It’s happening!” When news broke in October that King Salman was finally ready to let Saudi women into the driving seat, large swathes of the female populace rejoiced at the long-awaited victory. For a certain group of women, the sense of victory was personal. Dr. Aisha Almana, affectionately known as the Mother of Saudi Feminism, has been fighting this battle for ha