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Sasson's sequel to Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil is another page-turner related by "Princess Sultana."' A member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia, Sultana now is married to a progressive prince, but this privileged status does not protect her or her two daughters from the country's repressive laws against women. Though a devout Muslim, Sultana believes the entrenched male power structure has perverted religious doctrine to justify veiling women and depriving them of basic civil liberties. The lack of opportunity to forge equal relationships with men before and after marriage, Sultana argues, is why one of her daughters became fanatically religious and the other suffered a mental breakdown. This eye-opening account is limited to life among the royals rather than a critique of Saudi Arabian society, although Sultana describes the brutal custom of female circumcision practiced by the poor.
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Sultana next deals with her daughters, Maha and Amani. Maha has always been strong-willed and combative, while Amani grew up sweet and loving. Maha falls in with a young rebellious girl named Aisha and spends much time with her during the upheaval caused by the first Iraq War. It is revealed that Maha has fallen in love with Aisha. Maha becomes hysterical when told she and Aisha must be separated. Before Maha's budding lesbianism can be fully realized, the family flies Maha off to London and institutionalizes her. After medication and a several months-long stay at the institute, Maha is apparently "cured" of her lesbian tendencies.
Listeners of Princess were gripped by Jean Sasson's powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil. Now, in the compelling sequel, Jean Sasson and Princess Sultana turn the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani.
During their time in the Middle East, the Sassons made many friends, including members of the royal Al-Saud family, who visited the hospital. The most notable of these friendships was between Sasson and "Princess Sultana", the princess about whose life The Princess Trilogy tells.
In the compelling second novel of the Princess series, Jean Sasson and Princess Sultana turn the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani. As second generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have been surrounded by untold opulence and luxury since the day they were born. And yet, they are stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, driving them to desperate measures.
While exploring the troubles of Princess Sultana's daughters, Sultana and Sasson never tire in their quest to expose the injustices Saudi Arabian society levels against women. Princess Sultana once more strikes a chord among all women who are lucky enough to have the freedom to speak out for themselves.
Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit as fascinated by the sequel, Daughters of Arabia. Here, the princess turns the spotlight on her two daughters, Maha and Amani, both teenagers. Surrounded by untold opulence and luxury from the day they were born, but stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, they reacted in equally desperate ways. Their dramatic and shocking stories, together with many more which concern other members of Princess Sultana's huge family, are set against a rich backdrop of Saudi Arabian culture and social mores which she depicts with equal colour and authenticity. We learn, for example, of the fascinating ritual of the world-famous annual pilgrimage to Makkah as we accompany the princess and her family to this holiest of cities. Throughout, however, she never tires of her quest to expose the injustices which her society levels against women. In her courageous campaign to improve the lot of her own daughters of Arabia, Princess Sultana once more strikes a chord amongst all women who are lucky enough to have the freedom to speak out for themselves.
As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have never known the poverty, which their grandparents experienced as children. Surrounded by untold opulence and luxury from the day they were born and which they take for granted, but stifled by the unbearably restrictive lifestyle imposed o them they have reacted in equally desperate ways. Their dramatic and shocking stories, together with many more which concern other members of Princess Sultana's huge family, are set against a rich backcloth of Saudi Arabian culture and social mores which re depicted with equal color and authenticity. We learn, for example, of the fascinating ritual of the world-famous annual pilgrimage to Makkah as we accompany the princess and her family to this holiest of cities. Throughout, however, Sultana never tires of her quest to expose the injustices which her society levels against women. In her courageous campaign to improve the lot of her own daughters of Arabia, Princess Sultana once more strikes a chord amongst all women who are lucky enough to have the freedom to speak out for themselves.
The Princess Trilogy consists of Princess, A True Story; Princess Sultana's Daugthers; and Princess Sultana's Circle. Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, born to uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But she has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons.
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. Although Sultana lives with constant fear of retribution, her passion to provide her daughters a better life transcends her fear and fuels her desire for change.
"During my early teenage years, I remember being asked at school who I considered to be the person I most admired and would wish to grow up to be like. My thoughts raced: Some one romantic, rich and famous such as the Queen or her Princess daughters? Or one of the film star celebrities, perhaps someone in authority such as the Prime Minister. Maybe a successful Olympic athlete or a favourite school teacher. This list grew with missionaries, Sunday School teachers, friends of the family and then, yes, there was my father.
He has always amazed me, the way he could relate equally well with the very young, the middle aged and the elderly. I couldn't help but notice over the past few weeks, the love and respect shown to him by the staff at the home, a sure sign of the wonderful way he had treated them, and how much he enjoyed his family being with him, from the oldest, right down to his youngest great-grand daughter Amelia when she visited him last week and shared her sultanas with him. His remark: "She is a little bit of heaven."
Right royal is the bearing of the beautiful Zenobia,well fitted in mien and manner for her regal state. Imperialis her brow, and commanding are her dark, lustrouseyes. But she is more than haughty queen; she is a lovingwoman and a devoted mother, and she looks upon hersubjects with the same tender glance of sympathetic regardthat she casts upon the beautiful young princessseated by her side. A helmet-crown rests upon her luxuriousblack hair, which is partly confined in braided locksand partly floating in the breeze. A rich tunic of goldentissue adorns her form, and a mantle of purple silk,fringed with tassels of sparkling jewels and clasped witha dazzling diamond whose value would purchase a province,gracefully enshrouds her left shoulder, leaving herright arm bared above the elbow, where the swelling curveswere clasped by shining circlets of glittering gems. Hercomplexion is dark, though not swarthy, for the smoothbrunette skin gleams with ivory tints and deepens to crimsonin her rounded cheeks, which time has not wrinkled, eventhough she has been a matron for many years. When shesmiles in loving benediction on her adoring subjects, her redlips part over teeth of dazzling whiteness, and her voicethrills the listener with its rare cadences of melodioustones.
There are two accounts of the after-fate of Zenobia.Some writers state that she starved herself to death, refusingto outlive her own downfall and the ruin of hercountry. But according to other records, the EmperorAurelian bestowed upon her a magnificent villa at Tivoli,where she resided in great honor, her daughters marryinginto noble Roman families, while her youngest son becameking of a part of Armenia.
About this time, Harold, brother to Queen Edith ofEngland, was taken prisoner by the sovereign of Ponthieu;and as a brother of Harold had married a sister ofMatilda, William compelled the Earl of Ponthieu to releaseHarold, and then he invited the Saxon prince toNormandy, where he was betrothed to one of the youngdaughters of William and Matilda, after which Haroldreturned to England; but no sooner had Edward, king ofEngland, breathed his last, than Harold seized upon thesovereign power, notwithstanding he had made a promiseto William of Normandy to assist him in gaining hisrights as heir to King Edward.
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