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Girls of Riyadh

Rajaa Alsanea

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 3.22 | 16754 Users | 2187 Reviews

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Title	:	Girls of Riyadh
Author	:	Rajaa Alsanea
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	July 5th 2007 by Fig Tree (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance

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When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women—their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture—she caused a sensation across the Arab world. Now in English, Alsanea’s tale of the personal struggles of four young upper-class women offers Westerners an unprecedented glimpse into a society often veiled from view. Living in restrictive Riyadh but traveling all over the globe, these modern Saudi women literally and figuratively shed traditional garb as they search for love, fulfillment, and their place somewhere in between Western society and their Islamic home.

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Original Title:	بنات الرياض
ISBN:	1905490208 (ISBN13: 9781905490202)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Qamrah, Michelle, Shedim, Lumais, Gamrah, Sadeem, Lamees
Setting:	Riyadh(Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia

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Ratings: 3.22 From 16754 Users | 2187 Reviews

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I think the author wrote a true account of life in Saudi Arabia. I am married to a Saudi, and I didn't find anything she wrote about to be in conflict with what I know from my 29 years of marriage, experience in SA, and extended family. Most importantly,her story rings true based on what my children (who are now the same age as the author) have told me about the private world of young people. It's an exciting peek into the inner world of young Saudi women, and that is enough to make it worth the

I really enjoyed this book on several levels. I'll try to clearly explain why:1. I like books set in India and the Middle East. This book is set in Saudi Arabia. Most of what I know about Saudi Arabia comes from what I hear on the nightly news, so it's interesting to read a book written by a Saudi woman. It's a completely different culture, but this book is about far more than just war and inequality, it's also about culture and mores.2.It's pretty much chick lit set in the Middle East, which I

This book is so stereotypical of everything the Western world seems to think about Saudi Arabia. I don't even want to write too much detail except that the characters are shallow and the book reads a bit like 'Sex and the City' with a Middle Eastern twist.

Following four wealthy teenage Saudi girls, in some ways this book seems like an Arab Gossip Girls or something along those lines. However, it goes deeper than just the parties and wealth, and ultimately horrifies with its depiction of the horrendous prison in which Saudi males force Saudi females to live. The men in this book perform actions that would classify them as psychopaths in most cultures--following girls they are courting in separate cars whereever they go just to "be close to them",

Girls of Riyadh is a sweet and charming peek into the world that most people outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will never know. Back in the 1980s I spent 11 months in Riyadh and although the women were not free to have conversations with me often each time I rode the public busses they quickly began questioning me in broken English about my life in a world so different from their own. Those busses with the separate door and wall separating us from the men were such an offense to me at the

I like this book as it gives a portratit of "some" of the Saudi girls' lives and views. We are used to non-Saudis writing about Saudis and imposing thier own points of view. Assanea is a Saudi writing about a generation she knows very well, for a change!

I think the author wrote a true account of life in Saudi Arabia. I am married to a Saudi, and I didn't find anything she wrote about to be in conflict with what I know from my 29 years of marriage, experience in SA, and extended family. Most importantly,her story rings true based on what my children (who are now the same age as the author) have told me about the private world of young people. It's an exciting peek into the inner world of young Saudi women, and that is enough to make it worth the