'Through her courageous resistance she has for a moment drawn global attention to the
ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a young woman wielding nothing but a
cellphone facing down the force of an oppressive government is an apt metaphor for this
fraught moment in Saudi Arabia's history.' THE WASHINGTON POST A gripping true story of
bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from Saudi Arabia captivated the world. In
early 2019 after more than a year of careful planning Rahaf Mohammed boarded a plane and
finally escaped from Saudi Arabia. If caught she was sure she would be killed like other
rebel women who had tried to flee her country's oppressive regime. But the eighteen-year-old
only made it as far as Bangkok before her passport was taken away. It was a trick and soon she
found herself trapped barricaded in a hotel room. As men pounded on her door the teenager
decided to reach out to the world on Twitter - and the world answered. Her account gained
forty-five thousand followers overnight and offered her a vital lifeline. This was Rahaf's
chance at a new life the one she had dreamed of. Now Rahaf tells her remarkable story for the
first time and reveals the dystopian reality of what life is like for women within Saudi
Arabia. From the guardianship system which places unmarried women under the full control of
their male relatives to the secretive online underground network of Saudi runaways plotting
their escape Rebel is a gripping memoir of resistance and bravery by a woman determined to
tell the truth about life in the closed kingdom.
