Rajaa Alsanea

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January 01, 1981 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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http://www.rajaa.net/

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Rajaa Alsanea (Arabic: رجاء الصانع‎; variant spelling Rajaa al-Sanea)is a Saudi writer who became famous through her novel Girls of Riyadh, or Banat al-Riyadh. The book was first published in Lebanon in 2005 and in English in 2007. The book was long-listed for the Dublin Literary Award in 2009.Al-Sanea grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of a family of doctors. She currently lives in Chicago where she is a dental graduate student. She received her bachelor's degree in Dentistry from King Saud University in 2005Her novel and lifestyle have caused controversy especially among the conservative sections of the Saudi society but more liberal-minded individuals considered her a role model.

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Average rating: 3.11 · 4,973 ratings · 994 reviews · 1 distinct work

Girls of Riyadh

3.06 avg rating — 5,246 ratings — published 2004 — 35 editions

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“Apparently, all men were the same. It was like God had given them different faces just so that women would be able to tell them apart.”
― Rajaa Alsanea, Girls of Riyadh

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