Jean Sasson Libros

En algunos países, las mujeres no cuentan; se limitan a padecer una existencia que incluye abusos y atropellos inimaginables: matrimonios a la fuerza, esclavitud sexual, ejecuciones crueles y sumarias. Esta es la historia verídica de una mujer nacida en la opulencia de la familia real de Arabia Saudí y que tuvo el valor de desafiar las normas y tradiciones que la obligaban a vivir en una jaula dorada. La princesa Sultana poseía cuatro mansiones en tres continentes, un jet privado y una incalculable fortuna. Pero no tenía libertad ni control sobre sus propios actos. Oculta tras su chador, era una prisionera, y los carceleros sus padres, su esposo, sus hijos. Aun a riesgo de ser condenada a muerte, Sultana revela la terrible opresión padecida por las mujeres saudies de todas las extracciones sociales. Y lo hace con honestidad y detalle, describiendo su calvario personal y las arbitrarias circunstancias que lo han hecho posible… Testimonio real de una mujer de gran coraje, Sultana es un esclarecedor retrato de la dura realidad de la condición femenina en el mundo árabe.

Tras las valientes revelaciones de Sultana, el libro en el que la princesa contaba su calvario personal, se relata aquí la dramática encrucijada que afrotan sus hijas, la misma que padecen miles de adolescentes saudíes. Educadas en una sociedad intolerante e intransigente, Maha mantiene una escandalosa relación lesbiana y Amani abraza el fundamentalismo islámico....

Think of Saudi Arabia and what do you see? Terrorists spreading fear? Religious zealots? A corrupt government and a fabulously wealthy royal family living lives of unbelievably luxury? Jean Sasson captures the flavour and reality of life in a country of extremes and contradictions. Princess 'Sultana', a real Saudi princess closely related to the King, lives those contradictions, with priceless jewels, many servants, unlimited funds at her disposal, but no freedom. A prisoner in a gilded cage with no vote, no control, no value, but as a mother of sons, she is totally at the mercy if the men in her life... her father, her brother, her husband. For the first time, a royal Saudi woman opens the door to give readers an unvarnished look inside a closed society. 'Sultana' lifts the veil on the shocking world of forced marriages, sex slavery, honour killings and other outrages against women, both royal and common. Princess is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and great courage. By speaking out, 'Sultana' risks the wrath of the Saudi establishment and for this reason, she has told her story to Jean Sasson. This is a real-life story you will never forget.

Granting extraordinary access to their private world, Osama's wife and son reveal the frightening transformation of a loving husband into a hardened terrorist.

Recounts the experiences of Mayada Al-Askari, daughter of a once prominent Iraqi family, in Saddam Hussein's Iraq as she shares life and hardship with the fellow prisoners at Baladiyat Prison, women whom she calls the shadow women. Reprint.

Yasmeena was an innocent abroad. She was a college educated, English-speaking flight attendant graced with an unusual amount of confidence and sophistication. She was also a virgin and a conservative Muslim daughter and sister. When Yasmeena's flight out of Kuwait was delayed, it was because Saddam Hussein had just invaded Kuwait. Iraqi soldiers threw her into a woman's prison where the guards committed ghastly sexual attacks and tortured the women in excruciating ways.

When Jean Sasson's book Princess: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia was published, it became an immediate international bestseller. It sold to 43 countries and spent 13 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Now, in this long-awaited, compelling new book, Sasson and the Princess 'Sultana' return to tell the world what it means to be a Saudi woman today. Through advances in education and with access to work, Saudi women are breaking through the barriers; they are becoming doctors, social workers, business owners and are even managing to push at the boundaries of public life. Major steps forward have, undoubtedly, been made. But this is not the whole story. Sadly, despite changes in the law, all too often legal loopholes leave women exposed to terrible suppression, abuse and crimes of psychological and physical violence. For many, the struggle for basic human rights continues. This fascinating insight will include personal stories of triumph and heartbreak, as told to Princess 'Sultana', her eldest daughter, and author Jean Sasson. Each of these stories will offer the reader a glimpse into different aspects of Saudi society, including the lives of the Princess, her daughter and other members of the Al-Saud Royal family.

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman.

Tells the true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.

Continuing the life story of Princess Sultana of Saudi Arabia and her fight to relieve the oppression of the women in Muslim countries.