Rajaa Alsanea grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of a family of doctors. She currently lives in Chicago where she is a dental graduate student. She is twenty-five years old and this is her first novel. Originally released in Arabic in 2005, Girls of Riyadh was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia due to controversial and inflammatory content. Black-market copies of the novel circulated and the daring originality of Girls of Riyadh continues to create a firestorm all over the Arab world and has been a bestseller across much of the Middle East.

Raises important questions about self-respect, tolerance and emotional maturity…lifts the veil of an obscured world

1. 4/5

   mycket bra och læsværd bok!

   Førfattaren ger en fin inblick och bild av hur det ær att leva i Saudi Arabien. Jag har lært mig mycket av att læsa denna intressanta bok.

   Jeanette

   06 mars 2017

Rajaa Alsanea grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of a family of doctors. She currently lives in Chicago where she is a dental graduate student. She is twenty-five years old and this is her first novel. Originally released in Arabic in 2005, Girls of Riyadh was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia due to controversial and inflammatory content. Black-market copies of the novel circulated and the daring originality of Girls of Riyadh continues to create a firestorm all over the Arab world and has been a bestseller across much of the Middle East.

Raises important questions about self-respect, tolerance and emotional maturity…lifts the veil of an obscured world

1. 4/5

   mycket bra och læsværd bok!

   Førfattaren ger en fin inblick och bild av hur det ær att leva i Saudi Arabien. Jag har lært mig mycket av att læsa denna intressanta bok.

   Jeanette

   06 mars 2017

Rajaa Alsanea grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of a family of doctors. She currently lives in Chicago where she is a dental graduate student. She is twenty-five years old and this is her first novel. Originally released in Arabic in 2005, Girls of Riyadh was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia due to controversial and inflammatory content. Black-market copies of the novel circulated and the daring originality of Girls of Riyadh continues to create a firestorm all over the Arab world and has been a bestseller across much of the Middle East.

Raises important questions about self-respect, tolerance and emotional maturity…lifts the veil of an obscured world

1. 4/5

   mycket bra och læsværd bok!

   Førfattaren ger en fin inblick och bild av hur det ær att leva i Saudi Arabien. Jag har lært mig mycket av att læsa denna intressanta bok.

   Jeanette

   06 mars 2017