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Summary: A Tragedy Of A Suudi Princess
Review: I think this is a tragedy. I am 16 years old but ý can understand how human rights are important.Also ý am a muslim and ý want to say that the tortures which Suudi men do to their wifes and their doughters, don't get along well with Islam and Human Rights. But how can ý help to that women? I thougt that a lot. As a result ý couldn't find an answer. In my opinion, only the statesmen of the big governments like American government can help them. I can only pray to God. Except that; WHAT CAN ELSE I DO???????
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Summary: Must read if you care about women world-wide!
Review: Tears and anger will come as you read this book. You may have heard of FGM (female genital mutilation) or of Muslim fathers in many countries having the right to kill their daughters or wives if they suspect them of not being virgins/faithful wives--or of being raped. (One problem in Kosovo and Bosnia is that raped women can't admit they were raped--or else their families will avenge their "crime" by killing them, not the rapists.) You may know that several Islamic countries have cut back freedoms for women recently. But did you know that in Saudi Arabia women's births and deaths are not even recorded? They have no legal existence and no rights. To really get the whole picture, you need to read the true story of a woman born in 1956 into a royal Saudi family. Her gradual growth of awareness of male privilege and injustice toward women makes a gripping story. When they are 16 years old, Sultana's sister and other friends are forced to marry old men as the third wife. Sultana's father takes a teenage fourth wife after her mother dies... but he divorces the new wife after she joins a tiny club for women's rights with Sultana and two other friends. Each page is horrifying. But you are not a responsible citizen of this world if you don't know about this. And knowlege is the first step to taking action.
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Summary: Luvheidi
Review: If ýou don't read the mail. Pleasee contact Hanna Melanie- Sweden Maybe I can help you??Can I reach Jane her self?
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Summary: The stories are not defamation, they are true
Review: I am from one of the Arabian Gulf's countries. I know Saudi Arabian's culture very well. All the stories in the book are true. By the way there is an Egyptian movie about one of the stories. The movie is " Execution of Princess " the movie is illicit in Arabian Gulf countries, I know this movie. But any critical reader should have an open mind and do not resign his mind to any idea. The reade especially of this book should take some points in considration. First, taht these stories happened before more than 15 years and the society changes especially in Gulf countries the society extremely changes from a year to another. Second, the stories happened between royal family and they have rules and protocols totally different that the Saudian nation. Third, men behavior in the story does not reflect Islamic values. Because Arab in general and in Gulf countries in particular follow the Arabian cutoms, values and traditions more than Islamic values. Finally, the reader should not generalize any idea is written or said about Arab. ESPEIAL TO AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN READERS ( every day 5 women in USA are killed because of domestic violence, do you konw that) Chek out the statistics in UN or UNICEF or UNESCO and think isn't horrified more than the stoies in the book.
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Summary: try to study ISLAM..without fence.
Review: i read this book.i found that the auther isn't looking for the truth.because she did not use a sientific way in studying and searching.i'm looking for the truth..that means i should study the sociological,economical,and biological studies and relationships.i want women to get their rights but with RESPECT THE RELIGION.islam is different because i can't find a disagree or wrong orders..i studied sociologically islam..i respect it..and i want to be a good muslim one day..stop fighting islam because it has a good popularity ..i see peoples want to be muslims every day..sooner or later i would be a muslim .. if any body want to know about woman's rights in islam..it may i could answer it .
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Summary: Silliest thing I have ever read.
Review: Being a Saudi Arabian woman, I read this book and I actually laughed, untill I found out what a stirr it had caused in the West.This book is the silliest thing I have ever read, but if you are a person that beleives that every Saudi Arabian has a 4WD camel, and an oil well in their back yard, THEN THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU !
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Summary: great book
Review: This is an excellent book it really helps you understand the Saudi Culture. Read this BOOK! Millicent in El Paso
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Summary: This book has set the Saudi royals on the warpath!
Review: From family connections in Saudi Arabia, I know the facts of this book to be true. My former sister-in-law, Dr. Suad Al-Omary, is the widow of a Saudi Prince and is well-acquainted with the facts of "Princess Sultana's" case. Because of the embarrassment to the Saudis that this book has caused over the past several years, there have been concerted public relations campaigns to discredit Ms. Sasson's work. The publicity that this book has garnered in the media is the only thing keeping the princess safe from stoning or some other horrible punishment. Although the book reads deceptively like a novel, it is a very important social commentary on human rights issues in Saudi Arabia, and that is what makes it so dangerous to the Saudi royals. There is nothing the Saudi royals hate worse than an upheaval in the status quo. Unfortunately, the extremely restrictive lifestyle of the Princess that is described in Jean Sasson's book is nothing compared to the lives of the common women. Whereas the Princess has the money to occasionally leave the confines of Saudi Arabia, there are millions of women over there who do not enjoy such latitude in behavior. My daughter, unfortunately, is now among them. She will be seven years old next month; she is an American citizen by birth, yet because her non-custodial father kidnapped her, she is now denied the protection guaranteed to her under the Constitution. In violation of human rights treaties that Saudi Arabia has signed, she has been torn from the most important relationships in her life--that between mother and child and that between two sisters. She faces being sold into a "servile form of marriage" and religious persecution (i.e., forced conversion). So the story of the sufferings of the Princess and her friends may be the story of my own little girl. The story of my child can be read in the chapter "Stolen Angels," which appears in Jean Sasson's newest book, soon to be released in the US, and already available in England under the title "Desert Royal." Ms. Sasson is one of the most courageous authors I know for her persistence in exposing human rights abuses, especially against women, in Saudi Arabia.
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Summary: Grossly Misleading!!
Review: To believe what is written in this book about the average Saudi (or any Arab/Moslem female) is equal to believing that the guests of the Jerry Springer Show are average, typical Americans! In addition, Jean Sasson has obviously not done her homework with regards to learning more about "female genital mutilation". I suggest that she reads up on this subject by looking up the latist statistics from the United Nations/UNICEF reports which all agree that female genital mutilation is not practiced in Saudi Arabia. Since this information was the subject of a large chunk of Jean Sasson's novel, then I advise all of you to ignore the rest of the book.
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Summary: An eye opener
Review: As a military member stationed in Saudi a few years ago, this book became the topic of many conversations, and was read and passed around by everyone including the commander. How it every made it into the country, we don't know, it was an incredible look into a closed society
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