Jean Sasson · 286 pages
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“happiness is realized only in the face of unhappiness”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“Patience is the key to solutions.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“Storytelling is power. A powerful book or movie can inform and inflame.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“If you stand near a blacksmith, you will get covered in soot, but if you stand near a perfume seller, you will carry an aroma of scent with you.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“sadly, all of my wounds had been inflicted by men”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I would be the master of my life, no matter what actions I would have to take or pain I would have to endure”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“Only when we evolved as spirited stallions, with a strong will of our own, would we progress and leave the era of those primitives behind us.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I came to dread what I might discover next in the cruel world of men”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“We must support all women in their endeavors to help others. When you harm a woman, you harm the whole world.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“the world of men harbours a morbid condition of overfondness for themselves”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“it was a known topic: The day of the virgin was leaving our land! Ali puckered”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“There are four main sources of the Shari’a: the Koran, which is compiled of thousands of religious verses revealed by God through his Prophet, Mohammed; the Sunna, which are the traditions the Prophet addressed that are not recorded in the Koran; the Ijma, which are the perceptions of the Ulema, or religious scholars; and the Qiyas, which is a method whereby known jurists agree upon new legal principles.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“Crimes are classified into three divisions: Hudud, Tazir, and Qisas. Crimes of Hudud are crimes that are denounced by God; the punishment is made known in the Koran. Crimes of Tazir are given to the appropriate authority to determine punishment. Crimes of Qisas give the victim the right to retaliate.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“If the Prophet could speak in this new age of modern amenities, I knew he would end such silly tradition.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“We must all work together to bring change to this earth.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“When you harm a woman, you harm the whole world.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I had no use for a husband under duress”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I was born free, yet today I am in chains. Invisible, they were loosely draped and passed unnoticed until the age of understanding reduced my life to a narrow segment of fear. - Sultana”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“In California, after weeks of meeting transported Americans from practically every state in the Union, I announced to Kareem that I liked these strange loud people, the Americans. When he asked me why, I had difficulty in voicing what I felt in my heart. I finally said: 'I believe this marvellous mixture of cultures has brought civilization closer to reality than in any other culture in history.' I was certain Kareem did not understand what I meant and I tried to explain. 'So few countries manage complete freedom for all their citizens without chaos; this has been accomplished in this huge land. It appears impossible for large numbers of people to stay on a course of freedom for all when so many options are available. Just imagine what would happen in the Arab world; a country the size of America would have a war a minute, with each man certain he had the only correct answer for the good of all! In our lands, men look no farther than their own noses for a solution. Here, it is different.'
Kareem looked at me in amazement. Not used to a woman interested in the greater scheme of things, he questioned me into the night to learn my thoughts on various matters. It was obvious that my husband was not accustomed to a woman with opinions of her own. He seemed in utter shock that I thought of political issues and the state of the world. Finally, he kissed me on the neck and said that I would continue my education once we returned to Riyadh. Irritated at his tone of permission, I told him I was not aware that my education was up for discussion.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I had never been to America and was anxious to form an opinion of the people who spread their culture worldwide, yet seemed to know so little of the world themselves. New”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“I have the tendency to be nervous at the sight of trouble looming. As the danger draws near, I become less nervous. When the peril is at hand, I swell with fierceness. As I grapple with my assailant, I am without fear and fight to the finish with little thought of injury.”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“wed. Kareem would find it difficult to outwit”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“The man who marries a woman for her beauty will be deceived; he who marries a woman for good sense can truly say he is married. - Sultana”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
“the gate. He looked as though he had been sleeping; his”
― Jean Sasson, quote from Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Jean Sasson
Born place: in Troy, The United States
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“ولدنا لنعاني لأننا ولدنا في العالم الثالث . المكان و الزمان مفروضان علينا . ما من شيء يمكن فعله سوى التحلي بالصبر”
― Shirin Ebadi, quote from Iran Awakening
“An estimated two thirds of the women who got criminal abortions were married. This means that up to two thirds of the botched abortions were done on married women; up to two thirds of the dead were married women; perhaps two thirds of the survivors are married women. This means that most of the women who risked death or maiming so as not to bear a child were married—perhaps one million married women each year. They were not shameless sluts, unless all women by definition are. They were not immoral in traditional terms—though, even then, they were thought of as promiscuous and single. Nevertheless, they were not women from the streets, but women from homes; they were not daughters in the homes of fathers, but wives in the homes of husbands. They were, quite simply, the good and respectable women of Amerika. The absolute equation of abortion with sexual promiscuity is a bizarre distortion of the real history of women and abortion—too distorted to be acceptable even in the United States, where historical memory reaches back one decade. Abortion has been legalized just under one decade. The facts should not be obliterated yet. Millions of respectable, God-fearing, married women have had illegal abortions. They thank their God that they survived; and they keep quiet.”
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