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Girls of Riyadh

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Girls of Riyadh

By: Rajaa Alsanea, Rajaa Alsanea - translator, Marilyn Booth - translator
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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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.©2007 Rajaa Alsanea; (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. and Books on Tape. All rights reserved. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Middle East Saudi Arabia

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“Alsanea's wisdom and insight into the female experience seem surreal. She captures the core, universal truths of the complications in finding and holding a life partner. Her characters provide wisdom to each other that are astounding in their accuracy, and Alsanea thus speaks for countless women everywhere.” —Bookreporter.com
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A fun and entertaining read about the love lives of young Saudi women. Interesting and insightful as the emotions and conflicts are no different from Western women, just set within different religious confines.

Very entertaining insight into Arab women

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