American Chick in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson

Author:Jean Sasson [Sasson, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781939481054
Google: R-EvmAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1939481058
Publisher: LDA
Published: 2013-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

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I shiver, forcing my thoughts to the present moment. I glance at Peter who is now calmly smoking a cigarette while studying camera equipment displayed in a glass case.

When the police car passes by, I look inside to see the two Filipino women. With heads in their hands, both are weeping, humiliated at being attacked and arrested.

Poor, poor women! They are as traumatized as the unfortunate Majida had been. Majida left the kingdom within days of the assault. When I pleaded with her to stay, knowing that she was returning to a life of certain poverty, she swore that, "I would rather starve in my poor village than live the life of a woman in Saudi Arabia."

Remembering the day she left, I am brushed by a great sorrow.

"Let's get out of here," I tell Peter.

My brief experience wearing the veil has been searing. I do not have to witness yet another injustice to grasp that female life under the black veils of Riyadh can be terrifying.

Despite Malaak's positive view of the veil, I know that most non-Bedouin women in Saudi Arabia do not share her views. And I know that as long as a single woman on earth is veiled against her will, I will always carry the weight of an invisible veil on my own shoulders.

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