Bibliograph

Princess, a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia, Jean Sasson

Type

Label

Princess, a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia, Jean Sasson

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Princess

Oclc number

60770905

Responsibility statement

Jean Sasson

Sub title

a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia

Summary

A Saudi woman discusses what life is like for women in her country, describing how women are sold into marriage to men five times their age, are treated as their husbands' slaves, and are often murdered for the slightest transgression

Table Of Contents

Childhood -- Family -- My sister Sara - Divorce -- Ali -- Trip -- Journey's end -- Girlfriends -- Foreign women -- Huda -- Kareem -- Wedding -- Married life -- Birth -- Dark secrets -- Death of a king -- Woman's room -- Second wife -- Escape -- Great white hope -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendices: Koran on women -- Laws of Saudi Arabia -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Index

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