List of Famous people named Manal

Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Dubai. She is the eldest child of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and is the second wife of Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the younger half-brother of the second president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Manal Abdel Samad Najd is a Lebanese politician and Minister of Information in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab since 21 January 2020.

Manal al-Sharif (Arabic: منال الشريف‎; born 25 April 1979 is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right to drive campaign in 2011. Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook. Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May 2011, released, and then rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving, and not talking to the media. The New York Times and Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign as part of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention due to Saudi authorities' fear of protests.