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Plot Summary of Princess Sultana's Daughters
"This is a sequel to Princess by the same author. It contains a lot of detail on what happens to Sultana's children, and relatives, in Saudi-Arabia. The Princess never tires of exposing the injustices against women in her society. "
Janet Gratton, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Political/social rights fight Yes
Plotlet: - women fighting for rights
Gender/Class story? - woman's story
If this is a culture clash: - family young v. old guard
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
ethnic of society (outside) - Arab
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - emotionally unstable
Ethnicity - Arab
Nationality - North African
How sensitive is this person? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
Africa Yes
Kind of Africa: - Arabic Africa
Desert? Yes
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - angry
Commentary on society? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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