Sticking Point

Never underestimate the power of stickers to change the world. It's the chosen method of Areej Khan, a recent graduate of the MFA design program at the School of Visual Arts. Khan's "We the Women" project aims to get people talking about the issue of women behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia, where only men are allowed to drive. "The point behind it is very simple: we want to get all the opinions around this issue, why people support it, why they are against it or why they cannot be bothered," notes Khan on the project's Web site. "We want to get to the bottom of this social phenomenon." How? By asking Saudi women to share their thoughts about driving in downloadable speech bubble bumper stickers that feature the project logo. It's basically the female icon, but she's wearing the Hagad, which is the ring that men wear over their headdress traditionally," Khan said recently. "So it in itself is a symbol of rebellion."