Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
by Jean P. Sasson
List Price:
Our Price: $6.50
You Save: $6.45 (50%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Jean P. SassonEdition: Paperback
Published: 2001-03-01
ISBN: 0967673747
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Windsor-Brooke Books
Book Reviews of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Book Review: A very good read
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book when I was 16, and I loved it. It is a work of non-fiction, and based on a true story of a Saudi Arabian princess and her family. She opens up about the injustices the women of Saudi suffer (sexism, FGM, favoritism, not having a say in one's marriage, how society turns a blind eye to abusive husbands, and how she supports a woman's right to freedom.) It is an empowering read, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
It also has 2 sequels, "Daughters of Arabia" and "Desert Royal" which are equally stirring and totally worth the buy if you like "Princess". The sequels are tough to find at a library, though.
Summary of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
PRINCES: A TRUE STORY OF LIFE BEHIND THE VEIL IN SAUDI ARABIA describes the life of Princess Sultana Al Sa'ud, a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia. Hidden behind her black veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, and her country.Sultana tells 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 "women's room."
PRINCESS is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and courage, and you will never forget her or her Muslim sisters.
General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Mind-Beyond-Situ
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for Godby Carl Sagan
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-11-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops:
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabiaby Jean P. Sasson
Windsor-Brooke Books; Published: 2001-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops:
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Bookby Frank Warren
William Morrow; Published: 2007-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.87
Price in other shops:
Red: The Next Generation of American Writers--Teenage Girls--On What Fires Up Their Lives Todayby Amy Goldwasser
Hudson Street Press; Published: 2007-11-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Unprotectedby Miriam Grossman
Sentinel Trade; Published: 2007-08-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.68
Price in other shops:
The Portable Therapist: Wise and Inspiring Answers to the Questions People in Therapy Ask the Most...by Susanna McMahon
Dell; Published: 1994-07-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (Norton Library)by Sigmund Freud
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 1975-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.89
Price in other shops:
Lolitaby Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Editorial Anagrama; Published: 1991-01-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $32.08
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Booksby Azar Nafisi
Random House Trade Paperbacks; Published: 2003-12-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.75
Price in other shops:
A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction)by Anthony Burgess
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 1986-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Burned Alive: A Survivor of an "Honor Killing" Speaks Outby Souad
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2005-05-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.24
Not Without My Daughterby Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer
St. Martin's Paperbacks; Published: 1991-02-15; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.01
Price in other shops:
Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeanceby Jean Sasson
Wiley; Published: 2007-03-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.83
Price in other shops:
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Storyby Latifa
Miramax Books; Published: 2002-03-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.95
Price in other shops:
Girls of RiyadhPenguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2008-06-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.85
Price in other shops:
Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World, Newly updatedby Jan Goodwin
Plume; Published: 2002-12-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.79
Price in other shops:
Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabiaby Carmen Bin Ladin
Warner Books; Published: 2005-06-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops:
Mayada, Daughter of Iraqby Jean P. Sasson
Published: 2003-10-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.18
Price in other shops:
Princess Sultana's Circleby Jean P. Sasson, Jean Sasson
Windsor-Brooke Books; Published: 2000-05-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.95
Price in other shops:
Princess Sultana's Daughtersby Jean P. Sasson
Windsor-Brooke Books; Published: 2001-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops: