With Princess Sultana's Circle; the extraordinary story of Princess Sultana continues. The forced marriage of Sultana's niece to a cruel and depraved older man; and Sultana's discovery of the harem of sex slaves kept by a royal cousin; makes this brave royal princess more determined than ever to fight the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia. Princess Sultana's cause is given an extra sense of urgency against the background of increased dissent against the Al Sa'uds; and the looming spectre of Islamic fundamentalism. But an extended family camping trip in the desert brings the luxury-loving Sultana and relatives closer to their nomadic roots; and gives her the strength to carry on the fight for women's rights in all Muslim countries.This book paints a horrifying reality for women of the desert kingdom. It is a haunting look at the danger of Saudi male dominance and the desperate lives of the women they rule.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Traipsing through the evidenceBy VesSeveral people have proposed that in addition to reading “Traipsing Into Evolution†that one should also read Judge Jones’ actual Decision. I would go one step beyond that. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) website has the complete transcripts of the trial available. They were originally made available shortly after each day’s testimony; and I read them as the trial progressed. One really gets an appreciation for the lack of scientific credibility behind the ID position by reading each day’s testimony. “Traipsing Into Evolution†claims that Judge Jones went beyond the evidence in his decision. I don’t think a fair minded person would think so after hearing the trial evidence. I would recommend the transcripts to anyone who wants to truly understand the trial.81 of 129 people found the following review helpful. Intelligent Design suffers a "Bad Beat" and is still whining.By Joseph R. McFaulLosing a court case is like suffering a poker "bad beat." Nobody really wants to hear your story; and it's considered "whining" if you don't get over it after one beer. Amazingly; losers comprise more than 50% of all lawsuit participants. Most go away muttering under their breath about judges who don't understand them. Some can't get over their legal "bad beat" and write books about their loss.So say it; so be it. The Discovery Institute has published their whine after the Dover bad beat. Entitled "Traipsing Into Evolution;" it appeals to the court of public opinion. Appeal denied. This is a wretched book.The Discovery Institute PR campaign for Intelligent Design bears a laughably strong resemblance to Baghdad Bob; the Iraqui "Information" minister who claimed there weree no Americans in Iraq's capital city as those same Americans pounded up the stairs into his own studio. His mere statements of fact served as their own proof; no matter how outlandish. Traipsing continues this M. O. None of the factual assertions in this book are to be taken seriously.The book overlooks a peculiar idiosyncrasy of courts. Unlike Iraq's ministry of Information; courts rely on something called "evidence." There are two components to that concept. First; only evidence actually admitted in court "counts." Out of court self serving press releases are not evidence and don't count. Second; the evidence proffered in court must meet certain minimum requirements. Witness testimony; for example; must be both under oath and subject to cross-examination.That means witnesses must answer questions from an attorney who is not sympathetic to the witness's own position. The witness cannot decline to answer and the witness must tell the truth. In the Dover trial; the Intelligent Design side offered: (1) out of court press releases; (2) proffered witnesses who waffled; equivocated; and finally admitted the lack of factual support for ID when cross examined; and (3) some of the Intelligent Design witnesses got caught lying under oath.The trial judge's opinion detailed ID's lack of evidence and the witness testimonial defects; including the falsehoods; throughout his 139 page decision. Any intellectually honest post-mortem would have addressed these issues head on. If you expect Traipsing to do so; you'll be disappointed.Traipsing argues that ID is good science and that it is not creationism. In "Bhagdad Bob" fashion; the book offers Discovery Institute press releases as "evidence" in support The court rejected both propositions based on the evidence actually offered at trial. As just one example; two Discovery Fellows; Michael Behe and Scott Minnich testified as experts. Both were asked under oath if ID was science. Both had the choice to answer truthfully or to lie and prevaricate. To their credit; they answered truthfully. Minnich testified that ID was not science and Behe testified it was as scientific as astrology. Based on this evidence from ID's own proponents; the judge not surprisingly found that ID was not science. Frankly; the authors distort both the in-court and out of court evidence in their book.The book makes much of the fact that the judge found a lack of peer reviewed literature and ignored the "vast" ID favorable literature enclosed in the book as Appendix B. There are two reasons why the judge did not consider this literature. (1) it was out of court hearsay; not subject to cross examination; and (2) It is not scientific research; it is essentially propaganda. This second point is why nobody was willing to actually testify in court that such peer reviewed ID-specific scientific research existed.If you are interested in what really happened; get it from the horse's mouth. Read the opinion itself and the actual evidence and trial testimony. Both are online.25 of 40 people found the following review helpful. Spank these bad boys down and they keep popping up!By Stephen MarleyBy now; anyone who is reviewing the work published via the Discovery Institute ought to realize we're dealing with a slick PR agency and not a scientific research organization. This book is a weak attempt to throw a little water on the fire that's been burning in the ID/Creationist camp since Judge Jones made his eloquent and legally astute decision in the celebrated Kitzmiller v. Dover case.Those readers with any degree of intellectual honesty will take this book and contrast it with actual testimony from the trial before jumping into the flames. It's available in pdf form online. There are also several books including "Monkey Girl" and "40 Days and 40 Nights" that present a more unbiased; journalistic viewpoint.
