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Princess

«Unforgettable in content, fascinating in detail - a book to move you to tears»

Fay Weldon, Mail on Sunday (Pick of the Year)

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.

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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 veil, 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.

Detaljer

Forlag
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
304
ISBN
9780553816952
Utgivelsesår
2004
Format
18 x 11 cm

Om forfatteren

Jean Sasson grew up in a small town in America's deep south before moving to the Middle East in 1978 to work at a prestigious royal hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 1985, she met Princess Sultana, who inspired the widely acclaimed Princess Trilogy. Jean later worked as freelance writer in Lebanon and Kuwait, conducting interviews with Kuwaitis who survived the first Gulf war, as well as high ranking Kuwaiti officials before, during and after the War. Her affection for the Middle East has been the motivation for a number of her books and Jean has spent her career sharing the personal stories of many courageous women. Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows is the latest book in the bestselling Princess series.

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«Unforgettable in content, fascinating in detail - a book to move you to tears»

Fay Weldon, Mail on Sunday (Pick of the Year)

«Princess is a mind-boggling look at the everyday life of a contemporary woman in the 21,000-member-strong royal family... absolutely riveting»

People magazine

«Anyone with the slightest interest in human rights will find this book heart-wrenching... It had to come from a native woman to be believable»

Betty Mahmoody, bestselling author of Not Without My Daughter

«Startling, frank and vivid»

Sunday Express

«Gripping... fast-paced, enthralling»

Publishers Weekly

Kunders vurdering

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AC – 08.11.2009

– Princess er en utrolig sterk bok skrevet om livet til en arabisk prinsesse, Sultana. I boken får vi en titt inn i en helt annen kultur og kvinnerollen der. Sultana oppdager tidlig at hun som jente ikke betyr like mye for faren hennes som broren hennes, Ali gjør. Kvinner er rett og slett ikke like mye verd! I boken følger vi Sultanas liv og får innblikk i en kvinnes kamp mot sin rolle. Det er sjokkerende lesning som virkelig viser hvor ulik kvinnerollene er ulike steder i verden. En lærerik bok med små glimt av humor når en følger Sultanas ivrige streben etter å utrette noe!

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Niklas James – 24.01.2006

– Jean Sassons, Prinsessen, gir enhver leser et dypt og uforglemmelig inntrykk av urettferdighet. Gjennom Sultana, som er anonym under falsk navn, får vi innblikk i den saudi-arabiske kongefamiliens liv på 1900-tallet, der mennene holder tradisjonene i hevd og små barn vokser opp med illusjonen om at vesten er lik ondskap. Man føler med Sultanas maktesløshet der hun og hennes søstre blir ignorert av faren, misbrukt av ektemennene og må leve i skyggen av broren, Ali - som Sultana hater over alt på jord.
Det er et skrekkelig eksempel på hvordan et totalitært, religiøst styre kan undertrykke kvinner i våre moderne tider, og man får et sjokkerende innsyn i hvordan det islamistiske presteskapet kan bryte samtlige menneskerettigheter der de steiner voldtatte kvinner for sex før ekteskapet, eller enda verre: Isolerer unge tenåringsjenter på mørke, lydisolerte rom for resten av livet fordi de har eksperimentert med sin egen seksualitet.
Vestens naivitet er ubegrunnet, ondskap råder fremdeles og mennesker behandles uverdig. Tross uendelig luksus: Sultanas liv er et mareritt!

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