Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Inside The Kingdom, My Life in Saudi Arabia

After reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, I still had a lot of curiosity about middle eastern culture, so a friend suggested this book.
This was a very easy book to read, it provided a good outlook on life in Saudi Arabia and the privileged yet secluded and obscure life of the Saudi Arabian rich.
In many parts of her memoir I just wanted to hit her over the head, for not seeing what was happening. But she proved to be a fairly strong woman and I have a lot of admiration for her attempt to protect her daughters from such a cruel society.

2 comments:

C. Beth said...

This looks interesting. What is her relation to Osama (if any)?

Anna said...

She's his ex-sister-in-law