The Veiled Kingdom
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Veiled Kingdom
By (Author) Carmen Bin Ladin
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
8th March 2007
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Travel writing
915.380453
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 216mm, Height 288mm, Spine 30mm
1700g
Description
On September 11th 2001, Carmen Bin Ladin heard the news on the radio that the Twin Towers had been struck. She instinctively knew that her brother-in-law's name would be linked to these horrifying acts of terrorism, and her heart went out to the victims in America. She also knew that her life and the lives of her family would never be the same again.
In 1974 Carmen, half Swiss and half Persian, married Yeslam Bin Ladin and found herself inside the complex and vast clan of Bin Laden, part of a society that at that point she neither knew nor understood. Carmen Bin Ladin's story takes us inside one of the most powerful, secretive and repressive kingdoms in the world.Reviews
'A searing indictment of a society and a family perverted by fanaticism' Times 'She opens a window into the everyday lives of Saudi women under the sexual apartheid of the Wahhabi monarchy' Morning Star 'Western readers will be shocked at descriptions of a country where women are often - in Carmen's words - reduced to "no more than house pets"' Evening Standard
Author Bio
Carmen Bin Ladin lives in Switzerland with her three daughters. She is separated from her husband, Yeslam Bin Ladin.
