Woman who was JAILED for driving a car in Saudi Arabia because she's female opens up about the ordeal that cost her custody over her son
The women's activist smiling at the cameras as she droves her car in the Gulf Emirate city on October 22, 2013, in solidarity with Saudi women preparing to take to the wheel on October 26, defying the Saudi authorities, to campaign women's right to drive in Saudi Arabia
A women's rights activist who was jailed after she bravely defied Saudi Arabia's female driving ban has opened up about the ordeal.
Manal Al-Sharif, who now lives in Sydney, spent nine days behind bars after being charged with 'driving while female' after she uploaded a YouTube video of herself travelling through the streets of Khobar in May 2011.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women from driving - but the ban did not deter the now 38-year-old from taking back control over her life.
However, the protest that gained global attention came with consequences.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the doting mother-of-two shared her heartbreak of having to live in two worlds after losing custody over her son, now aged 11.
The young mother pictured with her son Aboudi, now aged 11, who she lost custody over
Manal Al-Sharif, who now lives in Sydney, spent nine days behind bars after being charged with 'driving while female' after she uploaded a YouTube video of herself travelling through the streets of Khobar in May 2011.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women from driving - but the ban did not deter the now 38-year-old from taking back control over her life.
However, the protest that gained global attention came with consequences.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the doting mother-of-two shared her heartbreak of having to live in two worlds after losing custody over her son, now aged 11.
The young mother pictured with her son Aboudi, now aged 11, who she lost custody over
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