Sultana is a Saudi
Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has
four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering
jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded
cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a
bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a
prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her
country.Sultana is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related
to the king. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the
risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country, regardless
of their rank. She must hide her identity for fear that the religious
leaders in her country would call for her death to punish her honesty.
Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being
revealed and punished, despite her cloak and anonymity. Sultana tells of
her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage--a
happy one until her husband decided to displace her by taking a second
wife--and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants.
Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie
within the confines of the women's quarters, they also share a history
of appalling oppression's, 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, a
padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor
conversation until death claims them.By speaking out, Sultana risks
bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and the
heads of her children. But by telling her story to Jean Sasson, Sultana
has allowed us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the
heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme.
Princess
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Categories:
- - Novels - නවකතා
- - English Novels
- - Jean Sasson - ජීන් සැසන්
- ISBN: 9780553816952
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