Gehad Hasanin's Reviews > Girls of Riyadh

I saw this book in the bookstore's brochure, and heck I didn't even bother to know what it talks about [title issues:]. But a friend of mine bought it and brought it to school so I actually started reading the first few pages, only out of curiosity.

The story and the plot are okay, but not for the kind of purpose and the kind of place the book is meant for. The author wants to reveal to those in the West how the girls of Saudi Arabia go beyond the limits of their religion and rules and perform acts that go with those performed in the West, proving how the Girls of Riyadh are "sophisticated and open-minded".

Personally, I would call anyone with that type of thinking a "wanna-be". This author was motivated by a shameful attitude toward her religion and country; she has a longing to belong to the Western society that she would do anything to gain their acceptance. Again, my only rejection is the message she wants to convey, not the plot, and not the author's ideas.