Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

Girls of Riyadh Rajaa Alsanea ebook
Page: 304
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780143113478
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Girls of Riyadh caused a stir when it was published in Lebanon in 2005 in the original Arabic. News, Blogs, Classifieds, and more! Girls of Riyadh is an inside peek into the lives of these four educated University students and the book unfolds as a series of e-mails sent out to a yahoogroup, chronicling the events from the lives of each girl. CINEMA: TABOO-BREAKING 'GIRLS OF RIYADH' MAY HIT BIG SCREEN Beirut (AKI) -- 'The Girls of Riyadh' a novel whose themes including sex outside marriage have. Running on an Arabian-tale high, I picked this one up after reading Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, and Girls balanced the weighty after-effects of Princess quite well. Click the picture to get a copy from Amazon UK. This is what makes a new book about women in. Hi Everybody, I finished reading "The Girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea last night! Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea My rating: 3 of 5 stars. Saudi society is very conservative, especially where it comes to the treatment and permitted social roles of women. I just finished reading this book, which was written by a Saudi woman, based on stories of her girl friends in Saudi Arabia. Chic lit through and through (a genre I usually avoid), Girls of Riyadh kept me hooked by describing the country's strict, complex and often heart-breaking rules of courtship. Girls of Riyadh tells the story of four college-age high class friends in Saudi Arabia, girls looking for love but stymied by a system that allows them only limited freedoms and has very specific expectations and demands. This book was definitely fun reading and maybe even truthful to some extent, but definitely sensationalistic. The title of this book is taken from the famous Saudi singer, Abdul Majeed Abdullah's song, 'Girls of Riyadh, O girls of Riyadh'. Join us: http://facebook.com/SaudiLife.net or follow us: @saudilife. The narrator of Girls of Riyadh (Banat al-Riyadh in the original Arabic) sends out anonymous emails about the clandestine romances of four of her friends. The Girls of Riyadh - Book Review. The continuing impact of "chick-lit" in Saudi Arabia. Summary (from the back of the book): Released in 2005 in Arabic, Girls of Riyadh caused a sensation throughout the Arab world.