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A review by sas_lk
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed
1.0
Where do I even start? This biography perfectly shows exactly how the West destroys underdeveloped countries in Africa, Middle East, Asia, and South America.
I am seeing a lot of bad reviews because of the writing, and this proves to me how ignorant people are about how incredibly disrespectful and disgusting this book was.
The only message I get from this biography is: "I am a privileged woman from the West, therefore, I know everything better. And I pity these poor Saudi creatures for not having my same reality. And how can these people even live like this? I am so naive and ignorant of real world problems, and I don't understand why these political situations are so hard to change. And my Western values are the only right way to go, only we in the West know the right way of living.
And how DARE they insult America?? That is where my friends and family are! How dare they! How dare they say that America is destroying these countries!? Do they not know how much better our Western countries are? How much better we live?"
Well, Qanta Ahmed, guess what? The west is continuously destroying these underdeveloped countries under the guise of "we want to help and save the less fortunate". There were so many times in the book, where her colleagues tried to explain this to her, but she just KEPT imposing her culture and belief system on there, and completely disrespecting and shutting down her colleagues.
I am genuinely impressed at how patient her colleagues were with her, I would have sent her straight out onto the street and told her to leave my country.
She represents the complete ignorance of Western countries, and that is why I am giving this 1 star. I would've much rather read one of her Saudi colleagues' memoir. Nobody cares about a Western woman imposing her values and being incredibly ignorant and disrespectful.
Thank you for coming to my rant. I took this book personally because we have these Westerners come to my country all the time, thinking that their value systems are best. At the end of the day, they destroy everything we have built ourselves.
I am seeing a lot of bad reviews because of the writing, and this proves to me how ignorant people are about how incredibly disrespectful and disgusting this book was.
The only message I get from this biography is: "I am a privileged woman from the West, therefore, I know everything better. And I pity these poor Saudi creatures for not having my same reality. And how can these people even live like this? I am so naive and ignorant of real world problems, and I don't understand why these political situations are so hard to change. And my Western values are the only right way to go, only we in the West know the right way of living.
And how DARE they insult America?? That is where my friends and family are! How dare they! How dare they say that America is destroying these countries!? Do they not know how much better our Western countries are? How much better we live?"
Well, Qanta Ahmed, guess what? The west is continuously destroying these underdeveloped countries under the guise of "we want to help and save the less fortunate". There were so many times in the book, where her colleagues tried to explain this to her, but she just KEPT imposing her culture and belief system on there, and completely disrespecting and shutting down her colleagues.
I am genuinely impressed at how patient her colleagues were with her, I would have sent her straight out onto the street and told her to leave my country.
She represents the complete ignorance of Western countries, and that is why I am giving this 1 star. I would've much rather read one of her Saudi colleagues' memoir. Nobody cares about a Western woman imposing her values and being incredibly ignorant and disrespectful.
Thank you for coming to my rant. I took this book personally because we have these Westerners come to my country all the time, thinking that their value systems are best. At the end of the day, they destroy everything we have built ourselves.