born in 1989, loujain is an icon of the saudi women's rights movement. years, she led a movement to lift a ban on female drivers in saudi arabia and to overhaul the kingdom's male guardianship system. in 2014, she was arrested after attempting to drive from the united arab emirates to saudi arabia. a a video of herer driving with viral.l. i am loloujain al-h-hathloul. i'm gogoing to try to o cross te saudi rdrders. 'm dving a car i own and i license.ited emirates amy: she tended to run in the first minas collection open a female candidates. but she was subsequently disqualified. despite multiple arrests, loujain continued to speak out for women in saudi arabia. she was arrested again on may 15, 2018, as part of a broader crackdown on female activists and critics of the saudi government. according to human rights groups, she has since been held in solitary confinement and been subjected to abuse including electric shocks, flogging, and sexual threats. the saudi government has resisted calls from human rights groups and lawmakers from around the world to r