Excerpt from Burning Veils by Jean Grant
29/02/08 14:10
Burning Veils is a story of love and colliding
cultures. Afer Sarah's boyfriend Ibrahim returns home
to Saudi Arabia, he asks her to marry him and live
with him there. Sarah doubts she could thrive in a
land where women are kept secluded, but she's an
idealist in love, so she goes. Ibrahim's brother, an
Islamist hardliner, hates her as does his fierce
jealous mother. Layla, his sister befriends Sarah and
teaches her the price of sacrifice as both join in
the struggle for women's rights.
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