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Rajaa Alsanea:
“'My brother was worried for me. He asked whether I really wanted to publish [Girls of Riyadh] under my own name. He thought it might affect my chances of marriage, that there would be men who wouldn’t want to marry me.' She raises an eyebrow - precisely threaded to Hurleyish perfection - and shrugs: 'I just thought, hey, I wouldn’t want to marry them, either. It’s a good way of weeding some out.'”
“'My brother was worried for me. He asked whether I really wanted to publish [Girls of Riyadh] under my own name. He thought it might affect my chances of marriage, that there would be men who wouldn’t want to marry me.' She raises an eyebrow - precisely threaded to Hurleyish perfection - and shrugs: 'I just thought, hey, I wouldn’t want to marry them, either. It’s a good way of weeding some out.'”