Author Description

The Saudi Marriage Trilogy is an astonishing, sociological survey of married life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This fascinating survey of a very secretive society is a compilation of newspaper articles from the Arab News, a prominent Saudi newspaper. These startling stories are illuminated by editorial comments from Ray Roberts and by editorial cartoons from the Arab News. All three volumes of the trilogy focus on women’s rights and are dedicated to the girls and women of Saudi Arabia. Volume Two: Secrets Spouses, Dependents, and Domestic Distress portrays the lives of Saudi girls and women through the tribal traditions of polygamy, secret wives and their children, and the outrageous domestic abuse within Saudi families, particularly against females. Volume two also reveals the daily lives of the children and the strange, contrasting childhood of boys and girls at home, at school, and in the other cultural contexts of Saudi Wahhabism.