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Summary: Interested Reader
Review: This book is even better than the first one on this Princess. I read it straight through.I am amazed at the author's ability to draw the reader into this story. A few years ago I would have said I didn't care to read anything about Saudi women. Now, I almost cry when I finish one of Jean Sasson's books because it is OVER. I could read a book a week by this author. I recommend this book to everyone. Men and women would take something from it. And, especially young men and women. I suspect that this book will end being a classic, the same as Princess, the first in the series.
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Summary: Princess Sultanas Daughters
Review: A shocking story of the treatment of women as objects of mens pleasure. The extreme's that are gone to to "keep women in line" for the benefit of men, is beyond belief. It is clearly against the intent of their own religion and yet these things are called the law of Allah and enforced in the extreme. A must read for all women.
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Summary: ***** A GREAT BOOK *****
Review: After reading the first book about Princess Saltana (Princess) I knew that Daughters would be fascinating. And it is! The book discusses her 2 daughters and 1 son and picks up where her last book left off. Her youngest daughter is a devout Muslim with an extremely oppressive mentality towards her society. Her second child is a wild child by Saudi standards but her mother loves her just the same. And Princess Saltana's oldest child, her son is as compassionate and liberated as his mother. She raised him well. This story takes place in Saudi Arabia where women are treated as second class citizens. The men use their religion to justify all sorts of heinous crimes which is sickening when I thick about it. These men who degrade women are cowards but they get away with anything they want. In the USA they would be called pedophiles and locked up in jail. But in Saudi Arabia they are free to do exactly as they please. This is also about a country that regards wealth and physical attributes of the most important things in life, money and sex go hand and hand. And women are treated as property to gain social and economic power. Princess Saltana is a heroine for telling her story, even though her family found out about her first book. She is also a heroine for preaching women's rights in a land that has no rights for women. She is a heroine because she sees hope in the future for the women of her country. The book isn't only about her daughters it is also about Princess Saltana's life and family. She is a deeply moving person with a lot of conviction. And I can only hope that one day all the women in her country will be treated with the basic human rights that they all deserve - but do not have. I just found out there is a third book about Princess Saltana titled Princess Saltana's Circle, I am sure it will be an interesting read too. Also I want to say that Jean Sasson is a genius and a brilliant writer!
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Summary: Jean Sasson - A person who is making a change!
Review: Most of us live our lives plodding along in our own self-indulgence, within our own microcosms, leaving little behind before moving on to another dimension. Few are able to help our society move on and develop; those are the individuals who have achieved greatness either during their lifetimes though the majority reach fame and bring on change after their deaths. Great individuals who have helped humanity develop for the better are usually greatly critised when their new ideas or opinions are expressed. The reaction from their peers varies from endorsement to repudiation. These few fortunate individuals are the ones who make a difference, who have taken us away from the middle ages to be what humanity is today. These people make a change to society as it evolves; they leave their mark behind, they help our race evolve. Jean Sasson truly is one of these fortunate few. In reading the reviews it is interesting to note how persons from all over the world endorse her ideas, yet many Muslims continue to deny the very fact that womens freedom is a natural progression and evolution in today's world. Their reaction is aggressive and focuses on denial. Just by reading the reviews one notes that a whole "Office" (obviously Muslim) has joined "en masse" to try to discredit her books. Having read all three books I find the matter rather disconcerting. Why try to utilise mass negativity to discredit fact. The Third Reich utilised misinformation to control and manipulate a whole race. In this age of technology our world is free and we are free to express! Try as these persons may, positivity always reigns. As a professional expatriate who has travelled the world, lived in the Saudi Arabia, and has had the good fortune of seeing so many different cultures, I say: "Jean Sasson, I salute you. You have had the strength to stand up and say your piece. You are making a difference and are leaving an indelible mark to humanity. The books are important and are making a change. Keep writing!"
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Summary: Princess Sultana's Daughters
Review: Another great book by Jean Sasson! I was so touched by the bravery and heartbreak these women and girls have endured. One can tell that Ms Sasson is very knowledgable about life for these women behind closed doors. Having lived in Saudi all those years certainly gives the author credibility. More to come from Ms Sasson, I hope!
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Summary: Women's Rights/Abuses a global issue
Review: Being a woman in a world dominated by males, I could identify with the issues presented by the subject and her author; however the abuses she presents on Saudi society tips the scale to the ground on a barbaric level for female infants, children and women. I first learned of middle eastern culture in depth in college through my many friends in those societies who came from all walks of life from many of their countries. From rich to poor. What was appalling to me was exactly what Jean Sasson wrote about. Wealth or not, the problems of female abuse has been traditional for centuries in those countries and most heinously facilitated by and through their Islamic religious tenets by men whose interpretations so obviously veered from the founder of that faith. Even where religion is not the issue, it is apparent to those who can see, the oppression and violence against women is global. Where it is violently portrayed with such extreme measure and protected the same, in middle eastern countries such as Saudia Arabia, is where the value of Jean Sasson's book lays. It behooves all women everywhere on the globe, to have this knowledge, for how can we as fully valued and responsible humans say we are even humans, if there are among us those who are as devalued, oppressed, violently abused, cast aside, genitally mutilated, and murdered or isolated for life because a male's honor were impuned or his powers were defied? There is so much content for life-long hatred and mental illness for those who suffer these grave abuses. What will the world's future population look like if we continue to allow these grievous, dangerous beliefs to be perpetrated. There are so many levels of terrible consequences and outcomes here. The value of Jean Sasson's books and those like hers, are making us aware. Nothing will ever be redressed or changed without the knowledge that it even exists. We must change our traditions if those enslave, regress, or allow for oppressions to the point of murder and mutilation, not to mention the myriad and complex mental health issues that naturally come from all of the above. I thank Jean Sasson for her expose, as hard as it was to read of these abuses of women in that land. I could believe it. I am a Native American woman in America for all those who do not know what that has meant and does continue to mean. I could write my own book. There is a saying, "if my brother is not free, then I am not free". This is my premise for being a human being. I believe Jean Sasson was telling us the same. Let us do the most that we are able with this knowledge she and all others who give us, so that we change everything that enslaves, oppresses,mutilates, or abuses in any way, women, men and our children.
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Summary: Princess Sultana's Daughters
Review: As is rarely seen, this sequel is just as captivating as the first book by Jean Sasson titled PRINCESS, LIFE BEHIND THE VEIL! This book is so well written that I felt I knew the characters personally and really got involved in their lives. PRINCESS SULTANA'S DAUGHTERS, is like a golden needle in a hay stack, one of few books that depicts so accurately the reality of everyday life for women of Saudia Arabia. I respect the authors research in living in Saudia Arabia for over 10 years before writing these books! Perhaps if everyone read them something would be done about women's rights in the world. It is about time we do!
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Summary: A must read!
Review: This book was as good as the first one, which I did not expect. This is a real life drama of very real people who, once their stories are known, you cannot put them out of your mind.
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Summary: UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE!
Review: Having lived in Saudi Arabia for five years, I applaud Ms. Sasson for having written about the position of women in that society. In my work, I had contact with Saudis - both men and women - together and separately. There are few western women there and even fewer that have contact with Saudi women and families. This is the only explanation I can give for the reviewers that claim to 'know better'. In Saudi Arabia women have very little freedom and are often abused. Princess is well written and very enlightening for Westerners. I have recommended the book to friends, who always express disbelief. This book is sad, scary, and unbelievable. But it surely is the true story of one woman's life and should be read by one and all. The world needs to know! Islam has nothing to do with the Saudi's treatment of women. This is cultural, not religious, practice. The story of Princess Sultana's children continue to bring the horror of this system into focus for the rest of the world. I hope there will be more! Bravo, Ms. Sasson!
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Summary: Since Sasson lived in Saudi Arabia for ten years....
Review: I'm very inclined to believe she knows what she's talking about. I'm confused by readers claiming she should visit that country before writing about it since she clearly states she lived there for 10 years. It just goes to show people don't like to believe that which seems too sad, too controversial, too outrageous. Come on, folks! Are Sultana's claims really that hard to believe? I can understand why happy Saudi women and compatriots protest Jean Sasson's books but even they must admit the Saudi culture is not a friendly one for most women. Sadly, I think Sultana's brave claims are all too real...shockingly so, especially in the year 2000! Jean Sasson's books are a wake-up call for all humanity....
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