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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780380719181
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Mass Market
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Princess : a True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- Women, Royalty, Sociology / General, Women's Studies
About this product
Product Information
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian, princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no vote, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country. Sultana is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the king. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country, regardless of their rank. She must hide her identity for fear that the religious leaders in her country would call for her death to punish her honesty. Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being revealed and punished, despite her cloak of anonymity. She tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage - a happy one until her husband decided to displace her by taking a second wife - and of the lives of her sisters, her friends, and her servants. Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie within the confines of the women's quarters, they also share a history of appalling oppressions, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations: thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the "woman's room", a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them. Servants are forced into sexual servitude andseverely beaten if they attempt escape. By speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and the heads of her children. In the barren, hopeless wasteland that is the life of Saudi women today, free speech is punishable by death. But by telling her story to a Western writer, Sultana has allowed us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0380719185
ISBN-13
9780380719181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110985
Product Key Features
Publication Year
1993
Topic
Women, Royalty, Sociology / General, Women's Studies
Book Title
Princess : a True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1in.
Item Length
8.1in.
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Width
6.1in.
Additional Product Features
LCCN
92-007445
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Publication Date
1993-09-01
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305/.42, 923.1
Number of Pages
283 Pages
Item description from the seller
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