Jean Sasson is a distinguished author who writes about Middle East. Her books are real-life stories that reflect the history, culture and lifestyle of those countries. She mostly writes about the plight of women and related social atrocities. Princess trilogy is perhaps the best known work of her. It is supposedly a true story of a Saudi Princess. All the three books - Princess, Princess Sultana's Daughters(Daughters of Arabia), Princess Sultana's Circle - are sure to move a sensitive soul to tears and in general make one outraged against the gender inequality prevalent in Saudi Arabia. My reaction too isn't very different from the above. I distinctly remember my sigh of immense relief at my fortune that I wasn't born in that oil country.
Reading these books has literally been an eye-opening experience for me. It also made me to appreciate my country and what I have in life more than ever. At the same time I realized yet again, through Sultana's character, that courage to stand up for yourself and others to bring even the slightest change can lead to a better life in terms of satisfaction and purpose, if not always happiness.
