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When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women—their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture—she caused a sensation across the Arab world. Now in English, Alsanea’s tale of the personal struggles of four young upper-class women offers Westerners an unprecedented glimpse into a society often veiled from view. Living in restrictive Riyadh but traveling all over the globe, these modern Saudi women literally and figuratively shed traditional garb as they search for love, fulfillment, and their place somewhere in between Western society and their Islamic home..
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Chicas de Riad se publicó en Líbano en 2005, tras ser prohibido en Arabia Saudí, el país natal de la autora. En pocos meses se vendieron más de cien mil ejemplares y se desató un acalorado debate entre los políticos, intelectuales y críticos del mundo árabe. Al mismo tiempo, la novela entró en el mercado negro a un precio diez veces superior al de las librerías y despertó un gran interés internacional, vendiéndose a once países.

En su debut literario, Rajaa Alsanea habla de aquello sobre lo que en su entorno debería guardarse silencio: cuatro chicas jóvenes que ansían vivir y amar y que no pueden hacerlo porque la tradición no prevé felicidad alguna para la mujer. A pesar de ello, Sadim, Kamra, Michelle y Lamis intentan alcanzarla, cada una a su modo, y el resultado es una tragicomedia que emociona, conmueve y hechiza.

Chicas de Riad nos acerca a las cuatro protagonistas en toda su dimensión: sus experiencias amorosas, su carrera profesional y sus enfrentamientos con unas costumbres demasiado rígidas. Una original e inolvidable visión de las complejas vidas de una cultura y un mundo completamente distintos de los nuestros.

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A novel first released in Lebanon in Arabic in 2005 is about women from Saudi Arabia's upper classes became a sensation all ove the Arab world. Some called it the first modern Arab novel..
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Collector's Edition titles are packaged in durable vinyl binding that will ensure lasting value and protection for your audiobook. So whether you use it once or loan it out to a friend, you need not worry about rips, tears, or accidental drops.;;; Editorial ReviewGIRLS OF RIYADH was released in Lebanon in Arabic in 2005. The novel, about women from Saudi Arabias upper classes, immediately became a sensation all over the Arab world. Scholars and critics throughout the Arab world hailed the book as a breakthrough in Arabic literature, some going so far as to label it the first modern Arab novel.In this bold debut, Rajaa Alsanea reveals the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women from the elite classes of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Every week after Friday prayers, an anonymous female narrator sends e-mails to the subscribers of her online list-serv. In fifty such e-mails, spanning more than a year, the Scheherazade-like narrator unfolds little by little the comic-tragic reality of a small group of girlfriendsGamrah, Michelle, Sadeem, and Lameesas they negotiate their love lives, their professional successes, and their rebellions, large and small, against their cultural traditions.Riyadh is the larger setting of the novel, but the characters travel all over the globe shedding traditional garb as they literally and figuratively cross over into Western society. These women understand the Western worldview and experiment with reconciling pieces of it with their own. This groundbreaking novel opens up the hidden world of the Saudi woman to the rest of usnow, for the first time, we are able to understand their conflicts, struggles, and frustrations; their hopes, beliefs, and dreams..
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Title: Much ado about shopping: samizdat chick lit in Saudi Arabia.(controversy about Rajaa Alsanea's novel about Saudi Arabian girls called, Girls of Riyadh)
Author: Juliet Samuel
Publication:Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Page: 55(4)

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