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Feminism is a belief in the rights of women to have equality in political, social and economic terms. It has a long political history developing as an essential force. Jean Sasson is the most powerful (potential) women feminist voice in America. Her works reflect the docile and submissive status endured by the women in the conservative environment of the Arab society. Inspired by a true story revealed to her by her friend Princess Sultana Al Saud, the novels disclose the blatant gender discrimination experienced by the women sects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sultana speaks from an epoch where freedom of speech is strictly forbidden. Nevertheless, Princess Sultana is very obstinate in her decision right from her childhood days to break the fetters of the traditional norms. Although Arab society currently embraces the process of modernizing, the men are not ready to change the status of women in tune with their lives.