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Title: Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean P. Sasson, Jean Sasson ISBN: 0-9676737-5-5 Publisher: Windsor-Brooke Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (66 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Princess Sultana's Daughters
Comment: 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!
Rating: 3
Summary: Good book, but not what I expected
Comment: I thought Princess was a very well written, and engaging book. I had no idea that some of the things discussed in the book were taking place in other areas of our world, and felt humbled that I have taken my life of freedom so easily for granted.
Sultana often makes mention of her desire to change her country for the better, and I picked up the second book expecting that I might read of ways that she has gone about making these changes. I realize that one person, let alone a woman in Saudi Arabia, cannot make these changes overnight, but I really did not see much evidence of what she is doing... just what it is she wants changed. I didn't find myself doubting any of the events she described in her second book, but I just felt that this book was written for shock value. Chapter after chapter is written of tragic events that have taken place and I finished reading the book feeling thoroughly discouraged. I do think we all need to be educated as to what is happening to women in this country, and maybe Sultana's intent is to bring about change by getting this word out to the world. I just wasn't as impressed with this book as I was the first. It is evident that Sultana is burdened by what is going on around her, and it seems that her husband supports her desire to advance women's rights, but yet they continue to live lives of amazing luxury while often standing aside and taking a hands off approach when tragedy befalls friends and family. This was a good book, but not filled with the info I was hoping to find.
Rating: 4
Summary: Memories
Comment: I am an arabic young woman, and i loved the book. Princess Sultana conveys her opinions and she had the courage to stand up and tell the world what she was going through.
Such activities of torture and harm which were described in the book, are not allowed in arabic countries and they are unacceptable in out faith as Muslims. Our Prophit Says that a boy and a girl are equal in everything.
As for the practice of having more than one wife has a reason, which is because of the need of a husband to have children if his wife is barren, so he marrys a woman other than his wife and he keeps his original wife for a very important reson and so that loved ones are not seperated , because having mistresses is not allowed in our faith. BUT that does not mean he is allowed to be unfair between wives (Ex. spending more time or money on one more than the other) , Islam INSISTS on the importance of fairness between wives. and that men who will not be fair with their wives are not allowed in islam to marry a second because he would be harming his wife.
Arabic women are educated and are working in very high positions. the world has changed a lot since her diary has been written and published, and arabic countries have became so much better. the things that sultana's family were doing are not right things, and they must not be mistaken to be the way that arabic families are. You must keep this in mind when reading this book.
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Title: Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson ISBN: 0967673747 Publisher: Windsor-Brooke Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein by Jean P. Sasson, Jean Sasson ISBN: 0525948112 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 16 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Desert Royal by Jean Sasson ISBN: 0553812181 Publisher: Bantam Pr Ltd Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story by Latifa ISBN: 0786869011 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 13 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ester's Child by Jean P. Sasson, Jean Sasson ISBN: 0967673739 Publisher: Windsor-Brooke Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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