Inside the Kingdom 
My Life in Saudi Arabia 
By Carmen bin Ladin
Read by Shohreh Aghdashloo

     Inside the Kingdom is the story of how Carmen bin Ladin came to be married to the notorious Osama bin Ladin’s older brother, Islam. She was young and looking for something different, something to keep her Iranian mother from dictating every detail of her life. Little did she know then that she was jumping out of frying pan and into the fire.

      Carmen was born in Switzerland of an Iranian mother and Swiss father. Sometimes, when she was small, they would vacation in Iran with their grandmother. Carmen loved the Middle East.

    Then came her wedding. She had thought they would be married in Switzerland, but because she was a foreigner, her husband insisted they must be married in Saudi Arabia for her to be accepted. Nor did he intend to return to Europe to live.

    Read by Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, Saudi Arabia finally comes alive in this story. It is an eye-opening view of a society firmly embedded in the Middle Ages, and seemingly terrified of any change. Carmen bin Ladin gives us an insight into the way Muslims think. Their thinking is totally irrational according to the Western mind. They want to have the modern wealth and technology, but are totally unwilling to change in any other way. With this book, we can understand the people we are fighting in Iraq. There is an insight into Osama bin Ladin that most Westerners will find very interesting. He’s capable of cruelty even to his own children if it suits his interpretation of the Koran. And he is determined that everyone follows his interpretation, right or wrong, or they will die. For him, there is no other way. And there are all too many willing to follow. Listen to Inside the Kingdom. You will be glad you did. It may change your mind about our involvement in Iraq.