The book ‘Daughters of Arabia’ written by Jean Sasson, narrates the story of Sultana Al Sa’ud, and the writing is so good we never once feel that the narrator is not the author. Women were not allowed to drive till as late as 2018, this ban being lifted only in May this year.

Saudi Arabia, named after the last name of the ruling monarch family, the House of Saud( official website), the richest royal family in the world(more details on backstabbings and other inside news here, watch a BBC documentary here), home to the holiest Islamic lands of Mecca and Medina, oil capital of the world, infamous for the restrictions it places on its women, I’m sure we all know about it for one reason or another. Daughters of Arabia by Jean Sasson : Book Reviewīuy Daughters of Arabia now (Kindle version) The most notable of these friendships was between Sasson and “Princess Sultana”, the princess about whose life The Princess Trilogy tells. During their time in the Middle East, the Sassons made many friends, including members of the royal Al-Saud family, who visited the hospital. In 1978 she traveled to Saudi Arabia to work in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh as an administrative coordinator of medical affairs., where she met Peter Sasson, her future husband. Sasson is an American writer whose work mainly centers around women in the Middle East. Bookxpert Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : BiographyĪbout the author : Jean P.

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