Can't Wait to Read . . .

The Sultan's Shadow, by Christiane Bird, the story of Sultan Said of Oman and his daughter Princess Salme, who would write the first known autobiography of an Arab woman--and of the nineteenth century East African slave trade.

For more information about the book, see the Salon review:

http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/06/27/shadow_of_the_sultan

or the author's website:

http://christianebird.com/