Girls of Riyadh

Girls of Riyadh

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author = Rajaa Alsanea
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genre = Novel
publisher = Fig Tree/Penguin Books
pub_date = 05 July 2007
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Girls of Riyadh or Banat al-Riyadh, is a novel by Rajaa Alsanea. The book, written in the form of e-mails, recounts the love lives of four young Saudi girls, Lamees, Michelle (half Saudi, half American), Gamrah, and Sadeem. It describes the relationship between men and women in the conservative Saudi-Arabian Islamic culture.

Originally released in Arabic in 2005, Girls of Riyadh was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia due to (experienced) controversial and inflammatory content. Black-market copies of the novel circulated and Girls of Riyadh has been a bestseller across much of the Middle EastFact|date=September 2007. As of January 2008, English copies of Girls of Riyadh are openly available at major bookstores in Saudi Arabia. The book, published by Penguin Books, is availible in the English translation, but has some changes due to difficulties of re-creating the effect of using different dialects of Arabic.

The book is widely distributed, being sold in stores from U.S. to Europe.

External links

* [http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=3552 Interviews "The Girls of Riyadh" Author Rajaa Al Sanea]
* [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=87886&d=9&m=10&y=2006 Court Rejects Case Against Rajaa Al-Sanea]


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