Saudi women troll men telling them 'You won't drive'

MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images Saudi activist Manal Al Sharif flashes the sign for victory in her car on October 22, 2013 — Saudi activist Manal Al Sharif

It is a matter of weeks until the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted.

Some men have taken to social media to vent their dissatisfaction with the change in the law, using an Arabic hashtag that translates as: "You won't drive."

However, the hashtag went viral when Saudi women began hitting back at the sexist remarks.

"You wont drive" has been used on Twitter over 65,000 times since Monday.

Watch: Saudi women prepare to hit the road

Lots of women posted funny pictures and videos to accompany their response to the hashtag.

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read

Twitter’s cookie policy

and

before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

A number of women decided to use the phrase to post pictures of their dream cars.

One user shared a photograph of a bright pink Audi along with the caption: "My car: June 2018".

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read

Twitter’s cookie policy

and

before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

Some other women shared photographs of their Saudi Driving School books.

Twitter user @Laam_92 simply and defiantly captioned her contribution to the trend: "I will drive."

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read

Twitter’s cookie policy

and

before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

Others suggested that the men who "give themselves the right to interfere in something that concerns women" were "losers".

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read

Twitter’s cookie policy

and

before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

While many of the responses to the hashtag were light-hearted, some shared a more serious analysis of the trend.

Sarah Al-Otaibi wrote that "this disgusting hashtag" was being used "to threaten women who might even think of driving".

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read

Twitter’s cookie policy

and

before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.