Daughter s DelightsChapter 5 University
In the next six years the Emir made sure that Sharifa travelled fairly widely, but always with him or one of the Princesses, so that she was not surprised by the customs of other countries, and was always carefully supervised on the trips. Sharifa’s first experience of travel alone outside Kobekistan was her visit to Oxford for her interview for a place at the University. Even then she had a bodyguard of four trusted soldiers. The interview was with her father’s old friend, who was now...