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Veiled Atrocities
Sami Alrabaa
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Description for Veiled Atrocities
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
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 "crime" she is arrested, raped, and thrown into prison. Later her German-Saudi baby son is taken away and she is ... Read more
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 "crime" she is arrested, raped, and thrown into prison. Later her German-Saudi baby son is taken away and she is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781616141592
SKU
V9781616141592
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99-10
About Sami Alrabaa
Sami Alabraa is a professor of anthropology and sociology, and the former deputy chair of the Department of European Languages and Translation at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
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