'Must-reading for anyone interested in human rights. 'A chilling story.a vivid account of an air-conditioned nightmare.' -Entertainment Weekly 'Absolutely riveting and profoundly sad.' -People magazine

PRAISE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PRINCESS: Book 1 Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson 4.

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But by telling her story to Jean Sasson, Sultana allows us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme. The average reader will spend 3 hours and 51 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute). In speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country.įor the sake of her daughters, Sultana has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country: thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the women's room, a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them. But in reality, Sultana has no freedom or control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. In her couragewious campaign to improve the lot of her own daughters of Arabia, Princess Sultana once more strikes a chord amongst all women who are lucky enough to have the freedom to speak out for themselves.Sultana Al-Sa'ud, a Saudi Arabian Princess, has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, and designer dresses galore. Throughout, however, Sultana never tires of her quest to expose the injustices which her society levels against women. We learn, for example, of the fascinating ritual of the world-famous annual pirlgrimage to Makkah as we accompany the princess and her family to this holiest of cities. Their dramatic and shocking stories, together with many more which concern other members of Princess Sultana's huge family, are set against a rich backcloth of Saudi Arabian culture and social mores which are depicted with equal color and authenticity. Surrounded by untold opulence and luxury from the day they were born and which they take for granted, but stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, they have reacted in equally desperate ways. Now, Jean Sasson turns the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani.Īs second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have never known the poverty which their grandparents experienced as children. Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary story, PRINCESS, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia.

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