Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Summary |
American-born Sasson recounts the life story of a Saudi princess she met while living in Saudi Arabia, offering a glimpse of the appalling conditions endured by even privileged women in the Middle East. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Childhood -- Family -- My sister Sara -- Divorce -- Ali -- The trip -- Journey's end -- Girlfriends -- Foreign women -- Huda -- Kareem -- The wedding -- Married life -- Birth -- Dark secrets -- Death of a king -- The woman's room -- Second wife -- Escape -- The great white hope. |
Subject |
Sultana, 1956-
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Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
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Saudi Arabia -- Princes and princesses -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0688116752 acidfree paper $20.00 |
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