In this updated 20th anniversary edition, PRINCESS describes the life of 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 … 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.
A New York Times bestseller, PRINCESS was named one of the 500 Great Books by Women since 1300. It was also an Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and a Reader’s Digest Selection.
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A bird’s eye view of life in a different country and a different culture.
Very interesting story but not very well written.
Eye-opening to the horrible treatment of women in some middle eastern countries. Heartbreaking, but incredibly informative.
Ive always had great empathy for the women of Saudie Arabia. The woman,who this book is about, shows other women in her culture how not to effect change through her horrible behavior throughout her life. Her temper tantrums did nothing to accomplish change. The book was interesting she wasn’t.
This is a fascinating look into the world of highly Islamic Saudi Arabia! American women can be so thankful we weren’t born into a culture that treats women so poorly. This woman was certainly privileged and the excesses of the very rich jaw-dropping. The stories she relates about friends and women she meets are sobering. You just wonder …
An inside view of how women live in the Middle Eastern countries where men dominate and control their lives.
This book was an eye opener for me. I lived in Saudi Arabia for 15 years. I was there during much of the time she writes about. I had only the utmost respect for Saudi’s: people I saw as the most pious people I have met anywhere in the world. I was shocked about how rarely the royal family prays in this book! The Saudi’s I knew prayed five times a …
Very enlightening. Women in Saudi Arabia have no rights, even when you’re a royal. Really shows you how much all men are in control in this country. Very sad.
This was an excellent read — very enlightening and fascinating at the same time and it opened my eyes as to the plight of women in a country like Saudi Arabia. They are clearly in a bad way with much work to be done to treat them as equals to men. The princess and the author telling the story had a way with words, and held my interest from …
It was one of the hardest books I have ever read. The information of the plight of Saudi women was horrific.
Didn’t want to put this one down and then on to the next in the series!
Fascinating look look into the life of Saudi totality and a woman’s role. I read the whole series. Great books
Quick, interesting reading. I lived in Middle East in late 50’s & not surprising to me. Deplorable situation of females in the area. I’ve always contended on the high scale is God, under that is man, way down is dog & under dog is woman. They will NEVER allow women to vote unless there is a revolution. The abuse in the novel is not for the faint …
This book opened my eyes for the HORRIFUING daily life of Saudi women, doe snot matter if they belong to rich families or not! It is tragic that in teh 21st century human being are still living in slavery and in daily fear. This book turned my stomach around and made me want to join hunan right groups that help Islamic women to break free from …