Veiled Atrocities: True Stories of Oppression in Saudi Arabia

by Sami Alrabaa

A deaf-mute woman waiting for her brother to pick her up in front of shop window is arrested by two members of the Saudi "morality police" (mutawas) on suspicion of prostitution. They report their allegation to the governor of Riyadh, who accepts it without question and passes sentence. The next Friday she is stoned to death in public. A German woman married to a Saudi man makes the mistake of taking a taxi downtown without a male escort. For her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161614159X
• ISBN13: 9781616141592
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Veiled atrocities

Excellent , informative, and an eyeopener on the way it is in Saudi Arabia. It is a must read book.