Rehman Sabeeha
Rehman Sabeeha - It's Not What You Think An American Woman In Saudi Arabia - Hardcover
Rehman Sabeeha - It's Not What You Think An American Woman In Saudi Arabia - Hardcover
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Description: From the author of Threading My Prayer Rug an eye - opening view of life in Saudi Arabia. It's Not What You Think is a wry incisive account of working in Saudi Arabia that offers insight into that insular patriarchal society what is so attractive to expatriates living there and what was contradictory or confining about it for a naturalized American who is a woman and a Muslim. A hospital executive in New Jersey Sabeeha relocated with her oncologist husband to Riyadh the most conservative city in the country intending to remain two years. They ended up staying for six. Her book takes the reader on a journey of discovery that mirrors her own. Offered an influential position at Riyadh's most prestigious hospital she first has to obtain her husband's permission to work. In public spaces she quickly encounters the morality police but also learns the freedom of the abaya. Sales men staff the lingerie department. Women in Riyadh do not work in public places yet they hold positions of authority within corporate culture; and outside Riyadh she discovers that women - owned - and - operated businesses flourish and Bedouin women could drive in the desert decades before Riyadh's ban was relaxed. Through Sabeeha's eyes we see how Saudi and Western expat cultures coexist within the boundaries of don t ask don t tell how traditions define the identity of the Saudi nation and how to discern what is culturally appropriate versus what is required legally. As she dons pilgrim's garb we join her on the hajj to discover the intensity and spiritual high of the devout.
Title: It's Not What You Think An American Woman In Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Rehman Sabeeha
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Barcode: 9781956763027
Pages: 320 Pages, 1 8-Page Color Insert, 17 Color Phiotos
Publication Date: 10/11/2022
Category: Memoirs
Description: From the author of Threading My Prayer Rug an eye - opening view of life in Saudi Arabia. It's Not What You Think is a wry incisive account of working in Saudi Arabia that offers insight into that insular patriarchal society what is so attractive to expatriates living there and what was contradictory or confining about it for a naturalized American who is a woman and a Muslim. A hospital executive in New Jersey Sabeeha relocated with her oncologist husband to Riyadh the most conservative city in the country intending to remain two years. They ended up staying for six. Her book takes the reader on a journey of discovery that mirrors her own. Offered an influential position at Riyadh's most prestigious hospital she first has to obtain her husband's permission to work. In public spaces she quickly encounters the morality police but also learns the freedom of the abaya. Sales men staff the lingerie department. Women in Riyadh do not work in public places yet they hold positions of authority within corporate culture; and outside Riyadh she discovers that women - owned - and - operated businesses flourish and Bedouin women could drive in the desert decades before Riyadh's ban was relaxed. Through Sabeeha's eyes we see how Saudi and Western expat cultures coexist within the boundaries of don t ask don t tell how traditions define the identity of the Saudi nation and how to discern what is culturally appropriate versus what is required legally. As she dons pilgrim's garb we join her on the hajj to discover the intensity and spiritual high of the devout.
Title: It's Not What You Think An American Woman In Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Rehman Sabeeha
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Barcode: 9781956763027
Pages: 320 Pages, 1 8-Page Color Insert, 17 Color Phiotos
Publication Date: 10/11/2022
Category: Memoirs
