Book Review: “Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening”
When it comes to Western audiences and Eastern women, there is a long tradition of willful ignorance, fetishization, and condescension. In the case of Arab and...
Sarah Aziza is a writer, artist, and activist currently based in New York City. Sarah has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, South Africa, and the West Bank, in addition to the United States. Her interests include foreign policy, immigration and minorities issues, human rights, gender and sexuality, and the arts. She holds a BA in Middle East Studies and Comparative Literature from University of Pennsylvania and a MA in Journalism from New York University. Her works have been featured on Harper’s, Slate, The New Republic, The American Prospect, Middle East Eye, The Village Voice, and Waging Nonviolence, among others. Her website is http://www.sarahaziza.com/