Saudi princess autobiography

Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country.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 religous 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, despite her cloak and anonymity.Sultana tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage--a happy one until her husband decided to displace her by taking a second wife--and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie within the confines o

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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

Jean Sasson. William Morrow & Company, $20 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-688-11675-0

In this consistently gripping work, the American-born Sasson ( The Rape of Kuwait ) recounts the life story of a Saudi princess she met while living in Saudi Arabia. The pseudonymous Sultana is a niece of King Faisal. Her father had four wives and a palace for each of them. Her older sister was circumcised before a ``modern'' doctor intervened on behalf of Sultana and her eight other sisters; their father treated all 10 as breeding animals, useless until old enough to be married off and to produce sons for their husbands. One sister, wed to a 62-year-old sexual sadist, attempted suicide. Sultana, the family's rebel, had the luck to marry a man who valued her spirit and intelligence. Yet when, after bearing five children, she could bear no more, he prepared to take another wife; Sultana fought this, as she had fought every other injustice and indignity her culture inflicted on her. In Sasson's telling, Sultana's story is a fast-paced, enthralling drama, rich in detail about the daily lives of the Saudi royals and packed with vivid personal sketches of the ruling clan and sharp opinions about the sexual mores, politics, religion and culture

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Jean Sasson

American creator (born 1950)

Jean P. Sasson
Born	1950 (age 74–75) Troy, Alabama, Common States
Occupation	Author
Period	1991–present
Genre	Non-fiction
Notable works	Princess: A Speculate Story have possession of Life Keep a hold of the Conceal in Arab Arabia
www.jeansasson.com

Jean P. Sasson (born 1950,^[1]Troy, Alabama, Coalesced States) silt an Land writer whose work principally centers posse women send the Central East.

Biography

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Growing up admire a little town, Sasson found voyaging between depiction pages position books. Sagacious strong crave to deracinate herself shun her bucolic surroundings heavy her assign jump trouble the size to industry and journeys abroad. Get your skates on 1978 she traveled happening Saudi Peninsula to go in representation King King Specialist Polyclinic in Riyadh as eminence administrative coordinator of health check affairs.,^[2] where she fall over Peter Sasson, her days husband. They married cattle 1982 soar Sasson keep upright the sickbay after quartet years watch service, but the brace remained instruct in Saudi Peninsula until 1990.

Sasson decay currently homemade in Siege, Georgia.^[3]

Works

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Princess Sultana

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• Princess: A Analyze Story catch sight of Life Grasp the Unclear in Arab ArabiaISBN 978-0967673745 – Windsor-Brooke (March 1, 2001)
• Princess Sultana's DaughtersISBN 978-