Princess

Princess describes the life of Princess Sultana Al Sa'ud a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia. Hidden behind her black veil she is a prisoner jailed by her father her husband and her country. Sultana tells of appalling oppressions everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations: 13-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age; young women killed by drowning stoning or isolation in the women's room. Princess is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and courage and you will never forget her or her Muslim sisters. A New York Times best-seller Princess was named one of the 500 Great Books by Women Since 1300. It was also an Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and a Reader's Digest Selection.