Desert Royal

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Summary: an ineresting continuation
Review: I am really astonished of the courage of Sultana ,i find it very challenging of her to continue the book series,and i congratulate our wonderfull and precious writer Jean Sasson for her god presentation of the facts. I find Desert Royal very good and it shows us the strengh and whickeness of our beloved Princess,and we wish her the good luck in her battle for the womens rights in saoudi arabia as i heard this year women got the right of getting their own Identity cards,but i have one more question isn't the book Desert Royal the same one as Princess Sultana's Circle because they have the same content,and talking about the same subjects? Goodwork Sasson we appreciate your work and we are waiting for your next books!

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Summary: How much misleading does america need
Review: I am sorry if this is the way your life went it is sad. I am an american woman who is married to a Saudi Arabian man. He is good to my children and is very good to me. He loves all three of our childen equally and even is more protective over our daugther. He and his family are very good to me and my children. Women in this country are treated the same as the princess and even worse and people do not respond this way for them. You can find some solace in the fact that your story has no support and that no one inside the Kingdom will agree to your story. My sister in laws are not treated like this and they live in saudi arabia today you are a spiteful person to write such trash and condemn a whole nation to your families problems

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Summary: Not as good as the first two Sultana books
Review: I enjoyed this book, but it definitely wasn't as good as the first two Sultana books. Not much new information; basically re-hashing the old stuff. If there's one important piece of information to be learned from all the Sultana books, American women please stay away from Saudi men. Don't be fooled......it's not worth the risk. I've been to Saudi Arabia, and believe me, it's no place for a western women, or for that matter, any civilized person.

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Summary: An amazing trilogy!
Review: I had to buy this one from England, but it was worth it. Actually, it was my favorite of the three. These books just keep getting better and better. They've made a reader out of me, and nothing else ever did.

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Summary: An Amazing story, & a real eye opener
Review: I have all read of Jean's books in the Princess series, & this is one of my favorites. Actually, once I began reading them...that was it. I was hooked & couldn't put them down until I had completed reading the series. It's very obvious that the author is extremely knowledgeable about Saudi Arabia, & it's culture. The cruel, inhumane treatment of women was shocking & disgusting. I doubt if any women could read these stories & not realize that we are all one, & we must do whatever is necessary to help women everywhere who are living under such oppressive conditions.

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Summary: Outstanding...
Review: I have all read of Jean's books in the Princess series, & this is one of my favorites. Actually, once I began reading them...that was it. I was hooked & couldn't put them down until I had completed reading the series. It's very obvious that the author is extremely knowledgeable about Saudi Arabia, & it's culture. The cruel, inhumane treatment of women was shocking & disgusting. I doubt if any women could read these stories & not realize that we are all one, & we must do whatever is necessary to help women everywhere who are living under such oppressive conditions.

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Summary: An Amazing story, & a real eye opener
Review: I have all read of Jean's books in the Princess series, & this is one of my favorites. Actually, once I began reading them...that was it. I was hooked & couldn't put them down until I had completed reading the series. It's very obvious that the author is extremely knowledgeable about Saudi Arabia, & it's culture. The cruel, inhumane treatment of women was shocking & disgusting. I doubt if any women could read these stories & not realize that we are all one, & we must do whatever is necessary to help women everywhere who are living under such oppressive conditions.

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Summary: You can't put a good book down.
Review: I have read the first two books written by Jean Sasson to Desert Royal and found them totally facinating and thought provoking, I couldn't wait to read Desert Royal! I was not dissapointed at all, I loved reading about Princess Sultana and her fight against human rights abuses in her country against a rich backdrop of Arabic culture. I could not put the book down and finished reading it very quickly! I was saddened by many of the stories of abuse in the book and felt very much for the victims - usually women. However I am so happy that Princess Sultana has pledged to continue her fight against human rights abuses and I wish her every success. But more importantly, I feel that we should all do our bit to change this world into a better place for all. I eagly await the next book.

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Summary: A selfish conquest for freedom
Review: I was extremely disappointed in the Princess books written by Jean Sasson. The first novel was introduced to me by a coworker who happened to take note of the book that I was currently reading at the time "Burned Alive" by Souad. Upon reading the first Princess book, I was apalled at what I learned and somewhat sympathized with the women of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That is...until I realized that this was coming from a spoiled princess who had everything she could ever want except the freedom to drive. This was not a book in comparison to "Burned Alive" in that the author was simply writing it from an extremely selfish standpoint. "Burned Alive" was about a woman who survived a brutal honor crime and the sole purpose of her book was to make the public aware of what goes on in the countries dominated by religious fanatics who make it fit their lifestyles. In "Princess" Sultana is allowed to mouth off to her husband, her husband's mother, and even attempts to run away with her children. We as the readers praise her for such bravery yet due to her selfishness, she returns to the Kingdom only to dominate and control her servants in that of the ways of the royal family. She suffered nothing, drinking when forbidden, given the opportunity to shop whenever and wherever, and to travel to countries whenever she felt like it. Princess Sultana did nothing of the sort to impress me. Yes her stories were sad yet she never really went through anything enduring such as being burned alive or giving birth to a baby in a hospital room alone. Instead she was catered at every beck and call and it wasn't until the final book of the trilogy that she decided to truly do something about the situation that was created in the dessert on their "trip back into their roots." I did not feel sorry for her. She epitomized a selfish and spoiled princess who had everything she could ever want but the freedom to drive in a country where underaged children are allowed to sit behind a steering wheel. She cried and moaned of how terrible life was in Saudi Arabia yet when given the opportunity, she fled only to return to the luxuries of being a royal, suffering no consequences of the sort. She had more freedom than anyone under Islamic reign yet her own self-absorbed mind only focused on what she didn't have, a driver's license.

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Summary: Heartfelt Thanks from the Grieving Mother of a Saudi Hostage
Review: I wish to publicly thank Ms Sasson for including my little girl's story in the chapter entitled "Stolen Angels" in her newest book about "Princess Sultana." DESERT ROYAL depicts in painful detail the situation that my daughter and so many other little American children face after they are kidnapped and held hostage by their Saudi victimizers. My child has been away two long years, but there are others who have been held against their will for 20 years and more. Some of these American girls have grown up in Saudi Arabia, and even as adult women, are not allowed to obtain passports (either Saudi or American) so that they can visit their left-behind mothers in the United States or elsewhere. My daughter Heidi, who is a helpless 7-year-old now, has not been allowed to even call me, write to me, receive gifts from me or the rest of her family in over 2 years. Until recently, in fact, I have not even known if she was dead or alive. I am grateful to Jean for making this extreme form of child abuse against innocent children an issue. The world should not tolerate such uncivilized and savage behavior on the part of a nation that is a trading partner of the US. If the facts of Heidi's situation are appalling to the Western reader, the details of how a young Asian girl is bought as a sex slave by a young prince of the Al-Saud family are even more disturbing. Thank God that Princess Sultana and some of the other women of the family were able to help this child escape from the rapaciousness of the male child molesters. I thank God that there are Saudi women with the courage to stand up--at much risk to their own lives--and tell the world of the injustices perpetrated upon them by a corrupt system. I thank God that Jean Sasson--also at much personal risk-- is one American woman with the courage to bring this secret Saudi shame to the attention of the entire world.