num_pages: 275
description: It was 1945, and Marianne Alireza, who had spent almost her entire life in California, had moved to Saudi Arabia with her new husband, Ali. Suddenly she was a member of an Arabian family, veiled and cloaked like a biblical figure, thousands of miles and two centuries from home.For twelve years Marianne Alireza lived in a harem, a female group composed of her mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, and various servants. Men outside the family could not penetrate the harem, and women could never join the men socially or be seen in public without veils. Here, in a world both luxurious and humble, she raised her children and grew to love her new homeland.
language: English
title: At the Drop of a Veil
titlecomplete: At the Drop of a Veil
genres: History, Islam, Asia, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 172
places: Saudi Arabia
publisher: Mazda Pub