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Summary: Princess : A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Review: ....the author should ...STUDY MORE abt the beauty of Islam and alsoabt the way of the ppl in Saudi Arabia. stop this dramatization andpublish another book with the results of what have found abt SaudiArabians and Islam. One sided story only deceives the gullibleminds. oh yeah.... i'm 15 and i'm certainly unimpressed with the'half-truth-and-one-sided' stories in all her books.... the trilogy. ido not mean to be impertinent but please!!! tell the readers thetruth! For some people who are unexposed to the way of Islam wouldtake Mdm Sasson's story WORD by WORD!... and this, most certainlyWOULD increase the prejudice of the unexposed people over Islam. Comeon! The Saudi Arabians deserve more credits than thiS!
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Summary: Making Us Look Bad!
Review: First of all, maybe what this woman has gone through is true, and I respect her for telling her stroy to the world and I do feel sorry for her, BUT the way the book is written is pure disappointment to me. It gives people the wrong impressions. Let's say a Western person or an American buys this book, who's not very familiar with the Middle East, would think that what's happening in this story is something common. I'm a 19 year old girl from Kuwait, and I assure you, we are as shocked as you guys are. True, there are a lot of dicrimination going on in Saudi Arabia in particular, which I visited 3 times and I had to be covered while walking on streets, but that is not normal, just as it isn't to you. Islam doesn't force women to marry men they do not wish to marry. Islam orders parents and children to communicate with kindness. In fact, those who commit adultry in Islamic countries (which for your information SHOULD BE carried out in Saudi Arabia since their country is based on Strict Islamic Laws, unlike Kuwait which is based on a French one) must be strictly punished. What this book SHOULD do is simply explain what's going on there isn't something NORMAL every Arab woman goes through. As if we Arabs didn't have enough of bad impressions already! Every conversation I have with a Western person about his or her opinion about the Middle East would be something related to "Raped women, Terrorism, Money and no brain (We don't all have oil wells in our backyard as some may think), and finally Strict socities". I do feel sorry for this princess, but if I were in her place, I wouldn't let my emotions and bad experiences give my religion or country a bad reputation, I would make it clear to the world that there is a difference between people who still live in the Middle East that misunderstand their own religion and people who ARE living in the Middle East but with democracy and perfectly happy lives.
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Summary: Loved It, and Hated It
Review: I loved this book for the wealth of knowledge that it gave me about this aspect of humanity. I hated it, because it is so sad that women have to live this way. Princess is a wonderful book, wonderfully written. I think that the author did a great job in getting Sultana's views across. Some of the details of this book were very shocking to me, even though I feel I am extremely well traveled and cultured. Sultanas plight can be felt from the first chapter of this book, up to the last. Ms. Sasson leaves you wanting more after it is over. I wished I would've ordered all of them at the same time
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Summary: Lived in Saudi Arabia for over 10 years
Review: To the people who think this is fiction: I don't know how anyone can keep their blinders on and think that the rest of the world is nearly as "peachy" as the States. I lived in Saudi Arabia as an American with the luxuries of being American and have seen how the Saudi women are treated. True, we should have respect for other cultures and countries, especially as their guests, but I could not wish such a life on any woman. Women are still trailing behind men in rights anywhere but at least we are a lot closer in the US. I don't want to generalize or stereotype or even elaborate for my own safety, nor do I want to make it seem I believe the US culture is better than anyone else's, but there are some awful things going on in Saudi and I'm glad someone else has the courage to say so.
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Summary: I can't believe this
Review: The whole time I read this book it seemed too unbelievable to be true, or maybe only a small chunk of the truth. Just because people over there perceive differently doesn't mean that that reasoning is bad. I think it was just a bunch of sensationalized trash, and not very well researched. If this was fiction, and it was fabricated, I agree with the people who said that this was just straight out plain slander. Also, I agree with the people who said that would be like judging an average american family by one simple, white trash, drug using point of view. There are problems all over the world and people don't need to get all passionate about something that they know nothing about, and that happened on the other side of the world, (like there are no problems over here) and was probably fictionalized and sensationalized.
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Summary: Tragic State of Man
Review: I thought that this book was both tragic and captivating. It is hard to believe that this kind of barbaric behavior continues to exsist in the 21st Century. These men claim to be living by the word of God. If they truely are, then I want no part of such a God that would allow arrogant mortals to show such little respect for life. For the person whose review suggested that Saltana's story was pure fiction, talk to the women who come to this country to undergo plastic surgery because their punishment for refusing a man's advances was acid thrown in their faces. Talk to the women of Africa, who have to participate in the ritual of female genital mutilation in order to please their future husbands. I would tell you to talk to the women of Saudia Arabia who were brutally raped, but you couldn't because they may have been imprisoned or stoned to death. I hope that you do not leave this earth with the same ignorance that you apparently live your life with, for that in it self, would be a true tragedy.
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Summary: I Thank GOD for not being born a WOMAN in Saudi Arabia
Review: This is an excellent book...it actually depresses me everytime i flip the pages of this book ...thinking of the horifying days Sulatana had to go through ...and i'm sure there are many more women experiencing the same or may be worse times than what she had. There are nothing new or extraordinary problems mentioned in this book ...but yes what is sad is that she has to take it all ...bear it...without uttering a word...without complaing or cribbing or having to do anything about it ...and probably teach the same to her daughters...
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Summary: Living in Darkness
Review: I think this book was very informative of the women who live in Saudi Arabia. I had trouble putting this book down, yet I found myself horrified of thinking of what was going to happen to this princess next. Reading of how women are sold into marriage and having to obey the religious laws was shocking! After reading this book, you may realize that your life is not so bad.
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Summary: the princess
Review: Book Review: The Princess -"Jean Sasson" An excellent book, that really hits on what's missing in the media.....The truth This is a Biography of an anonymous Saudi Arabian Princess - who has risked her life to tell the tale of life behind the veil.... Sultana leaves little to the imagination when describing the male domination of her society and the harsh life style this leads to - particularly among the fanatically religious - to whom child brides (to men as old as their grandfathers), are little more than a way of life - and the killing of a woman who has disobeyed you is ignored and swept under the carpet If you think that your life is hard - read this and think yourself lucky to be alive in this world of a rat race.... Sultana is a wealthy Princess born into the wealth of oil that her country have stumbled upon - She has everything materialistic that she could hope for, or, even imagine - Yet she is still distraught with her social strata - which carries with it a lifestyle of abuse to human rights Men are all that matter in this culture and they make the rules to appease their desires - which are mainly sexual and lead to the abuse of teenage and even child harems - the buying of children for sex from poorer countries such as Egypt ..... These are only a few of the harsh revelations uncovered Sultana is most fortunate to have married a loving and caring man . This along with the forced marriage of her niece to a cruel and depraved older man, and her discovery of the harem of sex slaves kept by a cousin, makes her more determined than ever to fight the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia for herself, her sisters and her daughters..... This book is not a one off as most Biographies are - but its series emphasises the on going troubles of the country (Others in the series "Desert Royal" and "Daughters of Arabia") Once you read the first of the series you are hooked into Sassons's empathetic style This is a book of life - from the coming of age to marriage and to motherhood - all set against the highly contrasted lifestyle of a Saudi Princess - with the lavish materialistic backdrop of pure elegance and the harsh lifestyle that women must constantly battle against or surrender to and loose all freedom. Although women will find this easier to relate to than men - that is not to say that it is a female only book - far from it - it is a factual book that would appeal to all that have an interest in our world and its societies and the oppression of human rights......
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Summary: A must read for women of ALL nationalities!!
Review: Jean Sasson has really hit it home with me in this novel. Normally I stick to romance novels or some such book, but I must say that after reading the first chapter of Princess, I was snagged! It truely hits home how horrible the women of Arabia's lives are, and how horrible they've always been. I am outraged to know that things of that nature are still continuing in this day and age. It really opened my eyes wide. This book was told in such a way as to make the reader believe she is the one in the princess's shoes. I would highly reccomend this book to ALL women!! It was a VERY intertaining and enlightening experience!
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