Book of Month: May 2006

Girls of Riyadh

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Genre: Novels
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2008

The Arabic original of Raja al-Sanea's first novel was our book of the month in May 2006. When only twenty four years old, al-Sanae's frank and sometimes shocking insight into the closed world of Saudi women made waves since its publication in Beirut. `Offers a rare glimpse into the lives of women of "the velvet class"...brave and surprisingly informative' Guardian.

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