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Summary: touching
Review: all young women should read this to reflect on what society needs to fix asap.
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Summary: Incredibly fascinating,Emotional, and Sad!
Review: I read this book several years ago, without stopping, then I read the other 2 when they became available, also without stopping! I'm in the middle of Mayada. My library has all the Princess Books and I will never let them go. I was so moved by the stories, that I emailed Jean and offered her any assistance, and that I would love to go to the Middle East, do whatever I could as an American woman, to free women like the Princess from such horrible treatment! By the way: PLEASE do NOT think that any/all Islam Men automatically treat women this way. They do not! THAT IS NOT WHAT ISLAM IS!
Very sad that whole countries seem to treat women this way, though! Turns what the Koran said 'It is better for you' into some men/group FORCING it upon women (ie: covering up).
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Summary: Incredible insight of life in the middle east
Review: Once again Jean Sasson wrote a book I could not put down. Emotionally hard to read but well worth it. I will never again take my freedom and rights as a women in America for granted. I look forward to reading many more of Jean's books.
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Summary: A must read
Review: This book tells the story of an arab princess and life around her. The story tells us about a place where women are oppressed beyond imagination, they do not have any rights whatso ever, stories of honour killings and other ghastly human rights violations, that would make your blood boil. Definitely a must read.
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Summary: Beguiling
Review: My cousin Faida sent me this memoir from her then-home in Paris, France. When I opened the package, it delighted me to see a book.
As I read it, my heart warmed for the Princess and her materially rich but emotionally stripped existence. It opened my mind to see that as a woman of American nationality, I am allowed to walk freely without fear of institutionalized persecution. I hope it opens the eyes of readers from both sexes.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: The book is amazing.It is shocking as well as disturbing to read the book. Makes me ashamed being a muslim male. Some parts are so well described that they manage to make you queasy. If you are looking for anyting to do with oppression of women... this is definately your guidebook. In a word... Brilliant. Caution: Not for the faint hearted
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Summary: definately gives you the view of lives of women in Saudi
Review: It is the best book I have ever read by a woman, bringing out the actual hidden reality faced by women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. Suitable for teenagers and adults,this book will appeal to any one intrested in women's rights and where they stand in Muslim society.
One thing which disturbed me after reading this book is that of course what she wrote about how women are treated is right but she choose to write the most horrible incidents of abuse and discrimination against women. If some non-Muslim reads the book she will generate that all Muslim women are treated the same way.
Jean Sasson has written a very effective account on how women are treated. The way she illustrates the text from the princess would certainly leave anyone of its readers in sorrow. Whoever comes across this book, must read it, for it will certainly improve thier knpwledge on discrimination against women in Arab countries
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Summary: I witnessed some of the atrocities when I lived in Saudi
Review: As a young woman I worked in Saudi Arabia and had first hand experience with the type of treatment Sultana described in her books. For a different perspective on life in Saudi Arabia read "Single in Saudi by Genia ISBN 1-4033-6836-8. It is the rollicking account of a young single American woman breaking all of the rules Sultana raled against-and she got away with it.
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Summary: So sad but true.
Review: This story was so educational, but at the same time so good. The story behind the veil is one that I will never forget. I learned so much, as I fell in love with Sultana and her prickly ways. This is a MUST MUST MUST read..for any woman or man. The book has many truths, some that are harder to imagine then other.
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Summary: Sobering
Review: This story although well written was hard to read at times because of the nightmarish ways that women and children are treated. It is appaling to think that women and children are not sheltered from abuse and used, abused and/or protected at the whim of the male of the house. Even though some of the events in this book took place years ago, I was shocked to hear that "punishments" such as stoning and placing wives and daughters in womens rooms existed. This book made me very sad for the women of Saudi Arabia because unfortunately having a male body part and testosterone does not define supremacy or superiority in my book.
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