2 edition of Behind the veil of Arabia found in the catalog.
Behind the veil of Arabia
JГёrgen Bitsch
Published
1962
by Dutton in New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | [by] Jørgen Bitsch. Translated from the Danish by Reginald Spink. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | DS208 .B513 1962 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | 148 p. |
Number of Pages | 148 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL5853736M |
LC Control Number | 62014728 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 1333143 |
Get this from a library! Princess: a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia. [Jean P Sasson] -- American-born Sasson recounts the life story of a Saudi princess she met while living in Saudi Arabia, offering a glimpse of the appalling conditions endured by even privileged women in the Middle. "The book is detailed, insightful, and engrossing. Anyone interested in the day-to-day triumphs and sorrows of women who live 'behind the veil' will want to read this account."—Arab Book World "Wikan, a fine ethnographer, has an eye for everything that is distinctive about the culture and builds up a wholly convincing :
Behind the veil This was a good look at the second class status of Saudi woman. This lady was a princess and described the legacy of shame on the women of Saudi Arabia, as well as to foreign women who come to work in the country. At the start she came across as a feisty young woman and I was hoping for good things to come. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her a 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.2/5(6).
Additional Physical Format: Online version: Wikan, Unni, Behind the veil in Arabia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, © (OCoLC) Ciara Campos Professor Coleman Sociology February 6, A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia Jean P. Sasson wrote a true event story about a Saudi Arabian princess. It was about Sultana’s own life story and the whole book is in her point of view.
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The veil that guards the women of the Saudi Arabia also hides behind it years of cruelty and injustice. It was a very strange experience to read this book. It appears highly prophetic to find out that the very people who call themselves the keepers Hypocrisy rules the land of the religion that strongly condemned the act the act of hypocrisy 4/5.
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