Loujain Alhathloul

Loujain Alhathloul لجين الهذلول
Born	July 31, 1989 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Known for	Defying female driving ban in Saudi Arabia
Spouse(s)	Fahad Albutairi (m. 2014)

Loujain Alhathloul (Arabic: لجين الهذلول‎; born July 31, 1989) is a Saudi women’s rights activist and a social media figure. She was ranked 3rd in the list of Top 100 Most Powerful Arab Woman 2015.^[1][2][3][4]

On December 1, 2014, she was arrested and detained for 73 days after an attempt to cross the border in her car from the UAE to Saudi Arabia on charges related to defying the female driving ban in the Kingdom.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

References

1. "The 100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2015". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
2. "Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi and Amal Clooney named most powerful Arab women in the world". The Independent. Published 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
3. "21 Saudis among 100 most powerful Arab women". Arab News. Published 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
4. "From a retail tycoon to Amal Clooney: meet the Arab World's most powerful women". Al-Bawaba. Published 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
5. "Two Saudi Women Who Were Detained for Defying a Driving Ban Have Been Freed". TIME. Published 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
6. "Saudi Women Free After 73 Days in Jail for Driving". The New York Times. Published 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
7. "Saudi women jailed for driving 'released from prison' after two months". The Independent. Published 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
8. "Saudi Arabia Releases Two Women Drivers From Jail". The Wall Street Journal. Published 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
9. ”Saudi women drivers ‘freed from jail’". BBC News. Published 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
10. ”Saudi women's rights campaigners 'freed from prison'". Daily Mail. Published 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
11. "Women who defied Saudi Arabia's driving ban freed after months in jail". Mashable. Published 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
12. "Saudi women who defied driving ban ‘freed from jail’". FRANCE 24. Published 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-03-07.

External links

• Loujain Alhathloul on Twitter
• Loujain Alhathloul on Facebook