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In this consistently gripping work, a Literary Guild alternate selection in cloth, the American-born Sasson recounts the life story of a Saudi princess she met while living in Saudi Arabia, offering a glimpse of the appalling conditions endured by even privileged women in the Middle East. Photos.

Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Author's Note

A letter from Princess Sultana

Introduction

Chapter One: Childhood

Chapter Two: Family

Chapter Three: My Sister Sara

Chapter Four: Divorce

Chapter Five: Ali

Chapter Six: The Trip

Chapter Seven: Journey's End

Chapter Eight: Girlfriends

Chapter Nine: Foreign Women

Chapter Ten: Huda

Chapter Eleven: Kareem

Chapter Twelve: The Wedding

Chapter Thirteen: Married Life

Chapter Fourteen: Birth

Chapter Fifteen: Dark Secrets

Chapter Sixteen: Death of a King

Chapter Seventeen: The Woman's Room

Chapter Eighteen: Second Wife

Chapter Nineteen: Escape

Chapter Twenty: The Great White Hope

Epilogue

Appendix A: The Laws of Saudi Arabia

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: Chronology

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In a land where Kings still rule, I am a Princess. You must know me only as Sultana, for I cannot reveal my true name for fear that harm will come to me and my family for what I am about to tell you. Think of a Saudi Arabian princess and what do you see? A woman glittering with jewels, living a life of unbelievable luxury. She has gold, palaces, swimming-pools, servants, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no vote, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind the vell, she is a prisoner, her jailers her father, her husband, her sons. 'Sultana' is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the King. For the sake of her daughters, she decided that it was time for a woman in her position to speak out about the reality of life for women in her country, whatever their rank. She tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage - a happy one, until her husband decided to take a second wife - and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. In contrast to the affection and easy camaraderie amongst the women, she relates a history of appalling oppression against them, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations: forced marriages, servants bullied into sex slavery, summary executions. Princess is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and great courage. By speaking out, 'Sultana' risked bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and upon the heads of her children. For this reason, she told her story anonymously.