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released a list of the strongest and most influential Arabs under the age of 40 and Rajaa Al-Sanea ranked as the 37th. This list aimed to shed more light on the influential group of youths. They expressed that the names on this list will have a great impact on their societies not only now, but also
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The story follows the love lives of four young women, Gamrah, Lamees, Sadeem and
Michelle –who is half Saudi and half American- through the form of a series of emails written by an unnamed narrator. Upon publication, the novel was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia, as the depiction of infidelity,
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had interfered with her initial translation, resulting in a final version that was "inferior and infelicitous". Booth also wrote about this incident in a scholarly article titled "Translator v. author" published in a 2008 issue of
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be withdrawn, and further requesting that importation and distribution of the book be prohibited and that al-Sanea be punished for writing it. The suit claimed that the book encouraged immorality and misinterpreted verses of the
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in 2005. She continued her education in the United States with the support of the King
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