Princess Sultana's Daughters
by Jean Sasson
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Author: Jean SassonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-01
ISBN: 0967673755
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Windsor-Brooke Books, LLC
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- ISBN13: 9780967673752
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Book Review: Daughters of Arabia
Summary: 5 Stars
Gender equality cannot be justified while the tradition of male dominance still exists in some countries in which "women [have] everything but freedom..." (Daily Mail) Males dominate and abuse women over aspects of their bodies and behavior, including their movements and language. However, when a woman begins to assert her rights, the response is harsh. Despite the consequences, Princess Sultana breaks from the chains of restrictions to reveal the tragic truth of how women are treated in Saudi Arabia. Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to stand up for themselves, nor choose their fate. Every woman in Saudi Arabia lives in a world of injustice. Similarly, Princess Sultana's daughters, Maha and Amani, live in a world encircled by wealth, luxury, and male cruelty. Witnessing male brutality in various forms had an impact on Maha's life. For instance, as Maha views her best mate's father using young virgins as sex slaves, her hatred towards men develops. Therefore Maha loses interest in men, and becomes a lesbian with her best mate. The modifications in her life had a vast impact on her, for she suffers from a breakdown and is admitted into a mental institute in England. Amani, Princess Sultana's younger daughter, becomes an extreme religious fanatic, as she wants to donate all her wealth to the poor, not knowing what poverty really is. In addition, Sultana encounters other obstacles in her life, such as trying to conceal her nephew's rape of an unconscious woman suffering from serious injuries in a local hospital. Sultana exposes the tragic stories of Saudi Arabia as she builds public awareness of the ugly truth. This novel depicts evidence of the heavy burden women still bear in Saudi Arabia and how inequality still prevails in societies. Women are expected to submit to men and defiance by women is translated as undermining male honor. How is it possible that such ancient brutality and ignorance is thriving in this the twenty-first century? This novel reveals the truth that women are still engulfed by discrimination. The most appealing factor of the novel was that a Princess broke the rigid rules of her country to reveal the truth of women behind veils. What engaged me most to this novel was a Princess' portrayed of a determined woman who voices her opinion, even though she doesn't have the freedom to. It shows that not all women are going to bear the heavy burden. I would strongly recommend this novel to people interested in women's human rights, and for those who would like to build awareness of the profound issue of human rights.
Summary of Princess Sultana's Daughters
Reader's of Princess Sultana's true story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Now, the princess and Jean Sasson turn the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani. During her own youth, Sultana chafed under the harsh social system into which she was born. Today, despite untold wealth and privilege, Princess Sultana cannot buy the rights and freedoms women in other cultures possess, for herself, or for her daughters. Although Sultana lives with a constant fear of retribution--even death at the hand of her own father or brother, her passion to provide her two daughters with a better life transcends her fear and fuels her desire for change.As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have known nothing but opulence and wealth from the moment of their birth. Yet, stilled by the unbearable restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, Maha and Amani have reacted in equally desperate ways.Maha is a headstrong beauty driven by fear and isolation due to Saudi Arabia's feudal justice. Described by her father as a "girl of brilliant fragments," Maha's gifted mind cannot focus on one goal. When Maha becomes involved in a lesbian relationship, she ends having an emotional breakdown and requires psychiatric treatment in London. Amani, the youngest daughter, rebels in her way during the religious frenzy of Haj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. Once a sweet and placid animal-lover, Amani emerges "almost overnight from her dormant religious faith and embraces Islamic beliefs with unnerving intensity." Amani's fundamental fanaticism threatens to destroy her mother's personal quest to imporove women's lot in her native land. With candor and humility, Sultana shares the joy, frustration, and "dark intervals of my fear" of Saudi Arabian motherhood and marriage. She details the difficulties inherent in raising dRoyalty Books
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