Marianne Alireza
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-03-28
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- California, USA
Arabia - Beroepen
- author
writer
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Women in Islam (1)
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- 2
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- 1
- Leden
- 115
- Populariteit
- #170,830
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 7
- Talen
- 1
In the mid-1940s, an American woman, Marianne, married a rich Arabic man. When she moved to Saudi Arabia with him, she was thrown into a culture so far removed from what she was used to. Not only that, her husband was away often and she had to find her way with the help of his family as she also struggled to learn the language, customs, etc.
I thought this was quite interesting. Despite the difficulties, you can see how much she loved her husband’s family. A little too quickly wrapped up, I thought, though. I would have liked to know more about what happened to everyone after the book ended (it was published in 1971, so more could have been said).… (meer)