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When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women?their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture?she caused a sensation across the Arab world. Now in English, Alsanea?s tale of the personal struggles of four young upper-class women offers Westerners an unprecedented glimpse into a society often veiled from view. Living in restrictive Riyadh but traveling all over the globe, these modern Saudi women literally and figuratively shed traditional garb as they search for love, fulfillment, and their place somewhere in between Western society and their Islamic home.
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Riyadh...shiver me timbers - |
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When I was growing in up the 70's Jeddah was party town with liberated, cosmopolitan women, Eastern province was fun but provincial, and riyadh was hell unless you were royalty because then you can get away with bloody murder and they did
Anyone interested in learning more about the eastern province, check out a dvd called Aramco Brats. It was like growing up in San Fernando valley, CA. I know many families that still choose to live with their 2nd or third generation American families in these idealistic 1950's hamlets. Like anywhere, if you were looking for trouble you didn't have to go far or try hard. The 80's polarized things. Sure miss the simpler times where exchanged glances at the Dhahran rec pool was a memorable date, and pitching a telephone number note into the triangular trap of your head scarf was an accomplishment worthy of NBA players. LOL. |
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Fantastic insight into a hidden culture - |
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I was initially drawn to this title due to a NPR discussion I heard about it. Some people have simply labeled it as arabic chick-lit, but I disagree. I can't stand Chick lit, and found that this was a fascinating insight to a hidden culture. This was my very first Kindle purchase.
I am a man, and was simply amazed at the misoginy and double standard of Arabic society, especially the high level Saudi society. While undoubtedly surrounded by great wealth, the desperation that the main characters and the men they love display is extremely sad. Marrying a true love is a lucky happenstance that only belongs to a few, more often then not the marriages are loveless affairs. It appears that the men in that society also stop their emotional maturation at around age 12 because they are coddled and allowed to. Any western woman should come away from reading this book with a new found appreciation for her freedom and rights to choose the partner of her choice. I highly recommend this book. |
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Love is Universal -  |
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I thought that this book was excellent and absolutely riveting! The premise of the novel is this: these wealthy girls of the conservative society of Islamic Riyadh want both success and love, and, in their own way, are willing to fight for love in a society that places order and tradition over emotion. For me, this book was an eye into a culture that I am not very familiar with, including very nice explantions of the cultures and traditions. Despite the huge differences in our cultures, I was able to relate to what the women really wanted --- they are young women growing up, and searching for a balance between career, family, love and marriage. For most of these women, there is a lot of heartbreak along the way. |
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Girls of Riad - |
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great book; it gave me even a worse perception of what it is to live in a world dominated by ignorance and lack of freedom. |
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Please don't write down to me -  |
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I was dissapointed with this book. It explained things that did not need to be explained and I felt the author was writing for a audience that was uneducated and not well read.
I understand the author's desire to reach the masses but her attempts to make it readable by all fail miserably. I do not recommend this book unless your literary palate is very underdeveloped or that of a 14 yr old. |
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