The paradox at the heart of this book is unexpected and precise: the culture presumed to confine her becomes the first place that allows her space. Veiled Horizons is not merely a memoir of an expatriate woman in a foreign land, nor a story of escape. It is a story of emergence.
Widowed early and carrying unresolved loss, Vandana Sharma arrives in Saudi Arabia a stranger and discovers solitude not as absence, but as power. Over eleven years, much of it spent on the Farasan Islands, an unexpected freedom of becoming takes root in a place known for restriction, and identity begins to form, almost imperceptibly, in midlife and in silence.
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Vandana Sharma
Dr. Vandana Sharma is a writer, literary critic, and former professor with a PhD in Anglo-Indian literature. With over three decades of teaching and research in English literature, she now brings her scholarly depth and storyteller’s insight to memoirs, essays, and fiction exploring identity, culture, and the human spirit. Her memoir, Veiled Horizons, tells the story of her extraordinary journey of freedom and self-discovery.
