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Jean P. Sasson - Sultana, una vida real La historia oculta de una princesa árabe de hoy #jeanpsasson #jeansasson #sultana #arabia #arabiasaudita #derechosdelamujer #derechoshumanos #loslibrosdefede https://www.instagram.com/p/CnI9TCcOwe4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Sultana forçou-me a enxergar a verdade. Ainda que fosse verdade que existe muita coisa de bom na Arábia Saudita, a vida não poderia ser comemorada nesta sociedade enquanto as mulheres não tivessem a liberdade de viver sem medo. Sultana ressaltou o óbvio.” .

Escolhi sábado aleatoriamente na biblioteca esse livro, não consegui parar de ler e hoje terminei impressionada com a realidade das mulheres árabes.

História verídica de uma princesa da família real Al Saud da Arábia Saudita: privadas de liberdade e com um papel inferior em uma sociedade de extremismo religioso onde só homens podem comandar.

Parece um típico livro de distopia, mas não é! Duro reconhecer que existem mulheres vivendo como reféns.

[Princesa - A História Real Da Vida Das Mulheres Árabes Por Trás De Seus Negros Véus, Jean P. Sasson]

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The last one of the five, done! #lelsreads #jeansasson #princess #goodreads #book #nonfiction #whatareyoureadingsg #readingnationsg (at Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/BujbMkkh8Qw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vr89oe9bm079

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[#Fatin_Reads] 👇🏻 __________________________________________ 📚: Princess More Tears to Cry 👩🏻‍💻: Jean Sasson ⭐️: 4.5/5 🛒: Carousell _ Princess More Tears to Cry is a powerful book dealing with oppression. It starts out with a heartfelt dedication to a young girl named Amal — a tiny little girl who only knew fear and terror at the hands of her brutal father, who raped her to death. Most shocking part when the monster claimed that he was a religious cleric and received hardly a slap on the wrist for his heinous crimes. . While I knew that women face a lot of challenges in the Middle East, I had no idea it was that bad in Saudi Arabia. This book highlights personal stories of triumph and heartbreak, as told to Princess ‘Sultana’ and author Jean Sasson. Each story offers a unique glimpse into different aspects of Saudi society, including the lives of the Princess and other members of royal family. _ #princessmoretearstocry #jeansasson #nonfiction #feminism

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From the book: ...women the world over are ill-treated by men. Young girls from Laos and Cambodia and Thailand are forced into the sex slave trade. Female babies in China are left on hillsides to starve. Midwives in India are paid to snap the spines of infant females, because the family only wants sons. And so it comes to be that women in my land are ignored by their fathers, scorned by their brothers and abused by their husbands. Pilgrims from Sudan and Nigeria, attending Haj, would sell their children to wealthy Saudis so that they could afford the return journey to their homeland. I believe that children of this generation have decayed with the ease of their lives, and that their great fortune has deprived them of any ambitions or real satisfactions. Father, concerned that Sara would humiliate the family name by voicing her objections, or even insulting the groom, had instructed one of the Pakistani palace doctors to inject her with powerful tranquilizers throughout the day. His hypocrisy was to me the essence of the evil nature of men. #jeansasson #princess #goodreads #book #nonfiction #lelareads (at Asia/Singapore)

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Snippets from the book: I concluded that men and women will never think alike. As I listened to my husband applaud our military successes, I felt increasingly gloomy, wondering if there was a less physical way than war to solve the problem. Kareem has always said that money has no importance unless there is none. At the end of her 8th marriage, the beauty Italia returned to the country she had never forgotten, and the people she loved, with $30million, a vast sum of money for a previously impoverished girl from Yemen. All Arabs should thank the Turkish government for their generosity. No country has done more to help these people. Societies tend to be equally less forgiving of dissenters, with too many people clinging stubbornly to the way things have always been, and reacting angrily when various segments of society demand change. When people are uneducated, or simply lack curiosity to seek knowledge, change appears as a frightening unknown. Such fears leads to aggression, even violence. This we have seen in countries such as India and Pakistan. Once the desire to help others settles in a heart, a hunger to assist flourishes. Tragically, my nephews were never charged with the crime (rape), since other members of our family protected them; however, there were a few restrictions put on them by the eldest male in the family. I have discovered in life that education is most important for women who live in the developing world. The combination of too much money and plenty of free time brings out the worst in many people. Bribery is a way of life in Saudi Arabia. Nearly every Saudi feels they are entitled to use their own money to obtain whatever it is that they want. We have witnessed all around the Middle East the tragedies that occur when citizens of repressive governments become so frustrated that they turn to those who preach violence. It appeared to me that the governments of both Pakistan & India refused to address the problem behind the rising instances of rape & violence against their women, and the problem was that the men who did the criminal deeds were not punished.   #jeansasson #princesssecretstoshare #goodreads #book #nonfiction #lelareads

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It's a challenge to put this book down; be prepared to sink in the quicksand once you start reading it! Some of my favourite lines from the book: "Only a haphazard council of mediocre minds can reach a conclusion of treason!" "I welcome renewed battle if it means more rights for women, for a false peace does nothing more than futher women's subjugation." "Complete power poisons the hand of the person who holds it." "Arabs are by nature sensuous, yet live in a puritanical society." "The wailing of the newborn infant is nothing more than a siren sung for a mother." "How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak." "I had once heard that a miser is never satisfied with his money, nor a wise man with his knowledge. Was I a woman who would never know fulfilment? That possibility was frightening." "Then, there were those poor women who belonged to tribes in Arabia who removed the whole clitoris, along with the labia minora. This is the most common method of female circumcision and is comparable to removing the head of a man's penis." "Kareem shares a common trait with most Arabs. My husband cannot say no, but would rather tell a small lie and disappear from the sight of the person who requires an answer." "...if Elham would not listen to her own mother, then she should pay heed to a woman who had been educated by bright minds, a woman who had learned from respected physicians that the mutilation of girls was not encouraged by our religion and was nothing more than a custom that had no basis or meaning in modern life." "I was to tell you that it is not shameful to bow to reality and that you should allow the lust for conflict to cool on your veins." #jeansasson #princess #daughtersofarabia #goodreads #book #nonfiction #lelareads