Bonnie Marcus writes about women's empowerment and leadership. Growing up in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the early 1990’s, Nasreen Alissa realized from a young age that she was different.

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Ms Al-Sharif is most famous for leading a campaign demanding women's driving rights in response to social restrictions that prevented women from driving a car in Saudi Arabia. She contributed to ...