This Saturday, women in Saudi Arabia are set to get behind the wheel and take to the streets in an act of defiance against the country's policies blocking female drivers.

The movement began back in 2011, when Manal al-Sherif was arrested after she posted a video of herself driving online. After her arrest and eventual release, many Saudi women protested the ban by driving their own cars. While there's no formal law banning women from driving, the conservative nation won't even grant licenses to female applicants as their way of barring women from legally operating cars.

Saudi-raised, California-based singer Rotana Tarabzouni has decided to lend her voice to protest the ban by posting this cover of Lorde's "Team" on YouTube in support of the protesters:



Tarabzouni admits that she initially didn't believe a simple rebellion could change the status quo. When she learned more of Saudi women achieving feats like taking seats in the kingdom's advisory body and climbing Mount Everest, she decided to pursuit her own dreams by moving to California to pursue a music career.
"Saudi women have never been this loud or this brave," she told Mashable. "They're breaking so many barriers, and I've been so inspired.

"We're both chasing these forbidden dreams," she said. "I feel we're both running full charge toward the future."
The protest has also been gathering plenty of attention on social media through the hashtags #Oct26Driving and #Women2Drive. Check out the tweets below showing women and men from across the world posting their support: