Elise: An American Princess in Saudi

Elise Evans is a Women’s Rights Activist. She has been called the Katniss Everdeen of Saudi Arabia. Her passion and work highlight the draconian laws which keep women in a system that declares them minors until they die. Raised by a Saudi stepdad as a Saudi included molestation, prolonged confinement, physical & mental abuse, and more. She was subjected to the Male Guardianship Law, which stripped her of every right that she was born with as an American Citizen.
She works diligently to highlight the current situation on the ground in Saudi Arabia not just because she has three younger Saudi sisters and many Saudi friends but because she personally suffered many injustices until finally finding freedom in the United States at the age of thirty.
She has spoken internationally and locally, raising awareness about the Male Guardianship Law, Sports-Washing, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Victim Shaming, Forced Disappearances, Honor Killings, Sham Trials, Executions, and other Human Rights Violations happening on a day-to-day basis in Saudi Arabia.
She interned for the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Riyadh, and was the head of HR for the MENA Region for The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She worked as the Executive Assistant to the group Publisher at D Magazine in Dallas, TX and is currently a successful CEO. Her Autobiography an American Princess in Saudi Arabia is due to be released in late 2024. She resides in the United States, the land of the free.
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  • @Sindhi001
    @Sindhi0016 ай бұрын

    Thank you Elise for sharing your story. Thank you Yasmeen and Your Colleagues making it possible.

  • @ferriveiro3101
    @ferriveiro31018 ай бұрын

    Elise is so brave and well-spoken and kind. I'm so glad she's joined the fight to liberate women, it's great to have her with us. Thank you both for a great episode! ❤️🌷

  • @MeRA-1675
    @MeRA-16753 ай бұрын

    Another mind-blowing story. Thank you so much, brave women! ❤

  • @ewazizemska781
    @ewazizemska78120 күн бұрын

    Thank You Elise 👍🏾❤❤❤❤

  • @laikanbarth
    @laikanbarth3 ай бұрын

    My goodness, how ignorant I have been. I actually was so happy that women could drive in Saudi Arabia. I think I even tweeted about it. I didn’t even realize that women had to ask their male guardian to drive. It’s such a foreign concept to us Westerners. That’s why it’s so important to tell these stories.

  • @YasmineMohammedxx

    @YasmineMohammedxx

    3 ай бұрын

    The media shares the news that the mainstream wants them to share- not the reality on the ground. Thank you for listening to our voices 🩷

  • @wajimoforesq8710
    @wajimoforesq87109 ай бұрын

    Wow this lady is very strong.

  • @diabloakland
    @diabloakland9 ай бұрын

    Just started this. Thank you for continuing these interviews

  • @YasmineMohammedxx

    @YasmineMohammedxx

    9 ай бұрын

    I missed you, Diablo! I feel like you need to get on this podcast xx

  • @amberkatz1680
    @amberkatz168024 күн бұрын

    This was one of the most impactful conversations I have ever listened to. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to learn through your personal stories. I am still digesting everything I heard here. All I can say is I will always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with you and with all oppressed women, and when the day comes and you rally women worldwide to fight for your cause please know I will be there. Let us know how we can be of help. Love, strength and peace from Israel ❤

  • @shawnyousafi622
    @shawnyousafi6222 ай бұрын

    Thank you Yasmin for inviting such amazing person to tell her story. Very sad story what she had to go through. Yes I agree 100 percent man and women equal.

  • @irinaellis2446
    @irinaellis244619 күн бұрын

    Thank you, lovely, brave women! You are so inspiring 💖

  • @tresphorempundu3185
    @tresphorempundu31859 ай бұрын

    Most people have difficulty realising that Islam itself is the problem,they turn to or at least convince themselves that the Qur'an has nothing to do with the unfair and inhumane treatment under which they are raised. I personally do take issue with all religions,but at least some do have a forward leaning attitude towards certain scriptural principles. But at the core of all religious beliefs is the need for control and power.

  • @ashleytheseeker8480

    @ashleytheseeker8480

    6 ай бұрын

    I couldn't ignore it anymore when I finally made the decision to leave. I told myself for years that Islam just COULDNT have been my issue. I dived into doing more salat, more dhikr, more listening to lectures, more reading of the quran and ahadith but it was never getting any better. It wasn't until I told myself that I had to prioritize my mental health a lot more than islam and that's when my panic attacks stopped.

  • @arasaryana8936
    @arasaryana89369 ай бұрын

    Hi! 🌹 Good job Yasmine ❤ you are great 💯 keep fitting to reveal Islam's cruelty and criminality!.... Wish you all success Love you! Admire you 🫂

  • @sg.8624
    @sg.86242 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your bravery Elise. Thank you Yasmine for your hard work, we need these kind of storys out there and as much exposure as possible. You are all heroes for being willing to share your experiences. Much love ❤

  • @AJ-et3vf
    @AJ-et3vf7 ай бұрын

    Great video Yasmine. Thank you very much as always. Highly appreciate your work.

  • @unbreakableldorado7723
    @unbreakableldorado77238 ай бұрын

    Come on everyone, pls share this channel to spread the great work of Yasmine!

  • @YasmineMohammedxx

    @YasmineMohammedxx

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🩷

  • @ErnChildofJesus

    @ErnChildofJesus

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@YasmineMohammedxxThank you. You are very brave, And I appreciate you, I really enjoyed the talk with Dalia. God bless you

  • @meladzak349
    @meladzak3499 ай бұрын

    You are the best Yasmine, we missed you, hope that you had a good summer.

  • @petergrimshaw492
    @petergrimshaw4923 ай бұрын

    Really interesting video Yasmine and Elise. I think the emotional and psychological insights are the most helpful aspects to help the liberal world navigate a way out of this Stockholm Syndrome for all Muslims under the "spell".

  • @jtharkham
    @jtharkhamАй бұрын

    Amazing and brave

  • @shawnyousafi622
    @shawnyousafi6222 ай бұрын

    Elise,Your story is very touching 😢😢 hope you find polisher to help you with book.

  • @Yazan26579
    @Yazan265799 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. But unfortunately we didnt get to hear how Elise could escape from saudi @23:26

  • @llyradcynth691
    @llyradcynth691Ай бұрын

    Think Anyam's point speaks to me. So many women (and men) of other cultures are surpressed and in so many different ways. Doubt all of us don't know what's going on. We know but what can we do?Sometimes personal survival is all. I had to 'weave' myself out of a very complicated 'shituation' that I couldn't even articulate. I doubt even people who I grew up with, who are fairly intelligent would remotely understand. Also individuals are affected differently, from the same family. No it wasn't all about religion, perhaps partially. It was more about collective politics and control. It was my experience and anyone who in anyway decides for me what's true and what's not in an arrogant manner, will be shut out if my life. That's the way it is! I am still affected by the disenfranchisement , to some degree, even today, working a way out. Those that had choices will never understood.

  • @nomicucce987
    @nomicucce9879 ай бұрын

  • @rebeccaqallaboutthefeminin1794
    @rebeccaqallaboutthefeminin179425 күн бұрын

    I'm old enough to remember when American women couldn't understand why Muslim women didn't want our help.

  • @aml4111
    @aml41119 ай бұрын

    I would like to know what happened to your brother? I hope he is ok🙏🏽

  • @YasmineMohammedxx

    @YasmineMohammedxx

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, I thought about him later as well and wished I’d asked.

  • @EliseMEvans

    @EliseMEvans

    9 ай бұрын

    He was sent away at the age of 16 with my grandparents to America. Which in turn left me without the protection of my older brother.

  • @wajimoforesq8710

    @wajimoforesq8710

    9 ай бұрын

    @@EliseMEvansdefinitely going to be getting your biography

  • @debrawehrly6900
    @debrawehrly69002 күн бұрын

    I think it is very patronizing toward Saudi women when everybody celebrates the fact that women were finally "allowed" to drive when there are much more important rights that are denied to women. I think Stockholm syndrome is very common in SA.

  • @sumbajumba3037
    @sumbajumba30379 ай бұрын

    she said she was sexually abused at 11, but by whom ? a stranger or her step father ?

  • @YasmineMohammedxx

    @YasmineMohammedxx

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, her stepfather. Did you hear the part where she said he threatened to kill her mom if she told?

  • @sumbajumba3037

    @sumbajumba3037

    9 ай бұрын

    @@YasmineMohammedxx yes she says about mixing something in her mum's coke but it doesnt expalin whether her stepfather sexually abused her and wanted her to shut up or was it someone else and he wanted her to shut up to protect his family's image. thank you for clearing that out.

  • @AJ-et3vf
    @AJ-et3vf7 ай бұрын

    I'm 48 minutes into the video, and my salient takeaways from this interview is 1) how her Saudi father was "evil smart" and 2) how many Saudi women are trained to perpetuate this atrocious misogynistic system even though they themselves suffer and are abused the most in it.

  • @starlight099
    @starlight09920 күн бұрын

    I'm so sorry these women had to go through this, my heart hurts for you all. While yes there are so many Muslim women being abused, there are millions who are not. Same could be said for any religion, culture, etc. At the end of the day its horrible evil humans with terrible cultures that subject women to this type of treatment. It is however NOT Islam.

  • @yoyoyooi
    @yoyoyooi8 ай бұрын

    Sounds like her mom had trauma bonding, if she went away to watch tv all day, probably became severely dissociated and went into denial. It's a psychological coping mechanism. That is a lot to move to a different culture and be pushed into an evil false religion and enslaved to a guy like that. I feel hope is always healthy and helpful🌺 and critical

  • @room333rd
    @room333rd7 ай бұрын

    Who did the molesting was it the stepdad.? 💔💔💔

  • @fanafana488
    @fanafana4885 ай бұрын

    This is not a woman… no way