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Gamrah's faith in her new husband is not exactly returned

Sadeem is a little too willing to please her fiancé

Michelle is half-American and the wrong class for her boyfriend's family

While Lamees works hard with little time for love.

The girls of Riyadh are young, attractive and living by Saudi Arabia's strict cultural traditions. Well, not quite. In-between sneaking out behind their parents' backs, dating, shopping, watching American TV and having fun, they're still trying to be good little Muslim girls. That is, pleasing their families and their men.

But can you be a twenty-first century girl and a Saudi girl?



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Raises important questions about self-respect, tolerance and emotional maturity…lifts the veil of an obscured world * Telegraph Magazine *
Brave and surprisingly informative * Guardian *
'Highly readable…wonderfully vivid' New Statesman
Irresistible and thought-provoking…an entertaining read: revealing, hilarious and chilling in turn * The Independent *

Girls of Riyadh

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/06/2008
      ISBN13: 9780141030616, 978-0141030616
      ISBN10: 0141030615
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Gamrah's faith in her new husband is not exactly returned

      Sadeem is a little too willing to please her fiancé

      Michelle is half-American and the wrong class for her boyfriend's family

      While Lamees works hard with little time for love.

      The girls of Riyadh are young, attractive and living by Saudi Arabia's strict cultural traditions. Well, not quite. In-between sneaking out behind their parents' backs, dating, shopping, watching American TV and having fun, they're still trying to be good little Muslim girls. That is, pleasing their families and their men.

      But can you be a twenty-first century girl and a Saudi girl?



      Trade Review
      Raises important questions about self-respect, tolerance and emotional maturity…lifts the veil of an obscured world * Telegraph Magazine *
      Brave and surprisingly informative * Guardian *
      'Highly readable…wonderfully vivid' New Statesman
      Irresistible and thought-provoking…an entertaining read: revealing, hilarious and chilling in turn * The Independent *

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