
Girls of Riyadh
Rajaa Alsanea(Author)
Penguin Books (Publisher)
Published in June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-0-14-311398-0 (ISBN)
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Description
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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Language
English
Publishing group
Penguin LLC US
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-311398-0 (9780143113980)
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Person
Rajaa Alsanea is the author of the novel Girls of Riyadh, which was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. She grew up in Saudi Arabia as one of six siblings in a family of doctors and dentists. Alsanea received her bachelor's degree in endodontics from King Saud University in 2005.