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.
