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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Tags: Burning Veils, Jean Grant, ABNA Top 100 Semifinalist 2008