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Genre: Non-Fiction
Author: Jean Sasson
The book revolves around 'The Princess' from an Arabian family and as she explains the journey of her life with her two beautiful daughters Amani and Maha and the struggles she goes through in raising her kids in the culture that does not convince her. The author pens down everything in detail and a magical way and transports us to the royal lands of Sultans of Saudi. The Protagonist Sultana explaining the mishaps and the unfortunate events that occur in the royal families.
It’s a non-fiction and Sultana depicting her gutsy nature in bringing out some of the darker secrets of the imperial families back in Saudi Arabia.
"A Girl Possesses nothing but a veil and a tomb" - Saudi Arabian Proverb
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There are still a lot of illegitimate happenings in those regions and that includes the practice of female genital mutilation and polygamy in the name of Islam and Holy Quran. Every chapter has its own crux and my personal favorite is the Monte Carlo chapter which is filled with extreme emotions and this is one of the chapters that are gruesome, in this chapter the author has tried her greatest possible degree to capture the moments as is.
When Sultana gets forlorn in defending her maidservant Fatma's family from committing a female circumcision on her grand-daughter, Sultana rushes to her daughter's house but comes back empty-handed. Though having a title of Princess, Sultana ends up coming back to her home defeated because of the ignorance in the name of religion.
The story gets intriguing every word by word but you need to have a lot of endurance to bolster the happenings and events.The author sometimes slows down but at times the story gets completely heated up and as a reader, it triggers the levels of curiosity to greater levels.
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