Rajaa al-Sanea

Rajaa al-Sanea (; born in 1981, on 11 September) is a Saudi Arabian writer who became famous through her novel ''Girls of Riyadh'' ( ). The book was first published in Lebanon in 2005 and in English in 2007. Al-Sanea grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of a family of doctors. As of 2014, she is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Provided by Wikipedia