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Summary: Women are legally degraded in Middle East
Review: In the majority of Middle Eastern countries where Islam is the dominant culture the testimony of women is discounted and degraded in Court. The requirements of proof are so high that it is impossible to prove a case of rape. In Western countries, women at least have a legal system that gives them a chance to bring their abusers to justice. Women have changed the Western legal systems in the last 30 years to demand and receive protection.
The Islamist apologists fail to mention that Islamic countries do not publish crime statistics for comparision with Western countries. Wife beating is EXPRESSLY condoned by the Koran and most Islamic theologigians consider GENDER APARTHEID to be fundamental to Islam. Judith Miller reported that in a single year in the mid 90's only 500 books were published in Saudia Arabia. Their intellectual life is STRANGLED by the mullahs, it is fascsim with a religious face.
The West should realize that Islam is a theocratic religion with deeply embedded misogyny which their immigrants are all to happy to bring with them to the West. Islam allows unqualified religious scholars to attempt to run society, they are a failure at it. They cannot run an economy or keep up with 21st Century science. The Koran claims that the earth is FLAT, those who point this out can and will be killed. Needless to say the MIddle East is not a center of scientific research the mullah keep the brains chained.
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Summary: From Susie: Someone who knows the truth of these books!
Review: I love this book, and the others written by Jean Sasson. It does not matter that she & I have been friends since 1979 when I met her in Saudi Arabia and she asked me NOT to review the books since she felt I would say I loved them whether I did or not. The simple truth is the woman is a great teller of stories and can keep people mesmerized for hours on end. That's why she has written such compelling books for readers to enjoy. I've known her for years and know that she has spent her entire life helping other so it is no wonder that she is fighting on behalf of women worldwide: From the beginning, she's been saving stray animals or assisting poor workers in Saudi Arabia and on and on. Despite this serious side, the author also happens to be a lot of fun!These books are the real thing. It just so happens that I met the Princess once in Monte Carlo and was fascinated at her beauty and personality. Hey readers: She's real and she exists and she is every bit as exciting as she comes across in Jean's books. (Yes, she is a little spoiled, but what do you expect of a PRINCESS!?!) Every now and then I look on these reviews and see that certain "enemies" of books who tell the truth about women in Saudi Arabia claim all sorts of things in their reviews: that the author "made it up," and so on and on with even wilder accusations that simply are FALSE. From someone who knows: Let me tell you, the books are based on truth and anyone who says differently simply has an agenda or does not know what they are talking about. So please know that many folks simply try to discredit a good piece of work. Enjoy the read and the ride for you are reading wonderfully written books about a real Princess. In a hundred years, there won't be any Princesses left on this earth, so enjoy knowing there is a certain Princess in Saudi Arabia who is alive and kicking and doing what she can to help other women in her land. Go Sultana!!! I recommend these books to everyone! They are so good I read them all over about once a year and I always give them as gifts... Thanks Jean for what you have produced! You've made a difference in this world, girl, and I, for one, thank you!
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Summary: Courageous
Review: Every man, woman, and child needs to read this. This is not a story of "how it used to be". This is the way it is today. It is remarkable that out of tens of thousands, Princess Sultana has the courage, determination, and vision to make a change. Apartheid and the Caste System have been abolished. The time has come to change the Saudi system.
This book reads easily, even though the contents are hard to swallow. Each chapter will keep you yearning for the next.
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Summary: This book is awesome!
Review: This is an outstanding book! I felt as though I was really there with the characters! It made me realize how much I really have and made appreciate my freedom more!
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Summary: Beautifully written story
Review: Few books live up to recommendations. PRINCESS surpassed everything I was told. I had friends say it was the best book they had ever read and I didn't believe them. Now I know they were right. PRINCESS is a beautiful story about women in Saudi Arabia. And, I think we should all try to find out about the lives of women in all Muslim countries. Although some women live lives anyone could envy, many women live lives of horror. I have several friends in college who once lived in Saudi Arabia, and they have confessed to me that they knew more terrible stories that the author told. I have read accounts where reviwers say it is not true, but these young women lived there and say it is true. Women are NOT allowed in the Mosques, other than during the Haj at the Mosques in Makkah and Medina. So, when people say this is not true, you can only wonder at their motives to try and discredit this true story. Perhaps it is someone from that country who is ashamed for the real truth to come out. Whatever, read the book and you will see what I mean. You will sit up nights until you finish it. I have heard the story continues with two additional books and I am ordering them today. Thank you, Jean Sasson. Your work is helping women around the world as well as convincing many people to read...
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Summary: amazing!!!
Review: This book was the most amazing book I have ever read! It is sad to learn how men treath women in Saudi Arabia. they beat them, kill them and don't give them any chance to prove themselfs. This book gives new light on all the horrible things that happen in the world, Before this book I did'nt knew on all those things that happen in Saudi Arabia and I am sure many kids still don't know about all that. This book shows us that we have to do something for all those women that are burn to the pain. You must read that book because it's very good and it teaches a lot.
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Summary: Spine-chilling
Review: I saw this book on TV and thought it would be intresting, and it was! I tripped over some parts of it, while others I would only read in the day! I was amazed at how bad women are treated there! Some of the stories she tells about are just spine-chilling.It was awful how fathers would sell their daughters to men who are pepole three times their age! It was hard for me to read, but i'm glad I did. I would really recomend this book.
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Summary: Shocking
Review: I have read all 3 books in the Princess Trilogy (Princess, Princess Sultana's Daughters, and Princess Sultana's Circle). They are all shocking in their descriptions of the brutalities that women face in Saudi Arabia. Yet in every book Sultana gives at least one example where she (or other women) stood up to men and said "NO!" and won their battle. You have to admire Sultana's courage to stand up to these men considering that the men are willing to beat, rape, flog, imprison and even murder women with no fear of punishment from the government. In fact it is apparently a greater crime to own a bottle of whiskey or a dirty magazine than to murder one's daughter for sexual "misconduct" (although this same misconduct is perfectly ok for the sons to indulge in). Sultana points out that with so many unnatural restrictions placed upon them by their society, Saudis are even more tempted to do the things which are forbidden. When young teen girls willingly go with strange men to engage in sexual adventures (for which the penalty can be death) you have to wonder if they prefer death to the agony of living in this oppressive society. I would recommend this book to anyone. I think it is important to know what is going on in the world.
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Summary: Shocked To Action
Review: Like so many readers of this book, I started it and couldn't stop until I had read it in its entirety. Throughout our world, women are being oppressed, abused and tortured, merely because of their sex, and we are free to take action to help them! This book can help you to be informed, and it can help you to understand the religious fantacism that led to the Sept. 11 attacks - some of the hijackers were Saudi! We must write and speak out on behalf of these women of Asia and fight for their human rights. I am sending this book to so many friends.
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Summary: Excellent, informative and emotional
Review: This should not be thought of as a feminist book! I think that scares people away. My friend recommended this book to me back in 1995. I have always been fascinated by how women are treated in the middle east. This was an amazing and informative book. I think I read it in less than a week. With everything that is going on right now, I highly recommend this intensely emotional look into the lives of Saudi people and the human rights atrocities that still take place. The world has turned a blind eye to it all because, God forbid, we tell other countries what to do with their women folk.
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