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A promise to Nadia / Zana Muhsen with Andrew Crofts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Sphere, c2000.Description: 277 p ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780751530551
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.85095332 MU PR
Online resources: Summary: Ten years ago Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small children. As she described so powerfully in her bookSold,Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could obtain their freedom as well. This book tells the story of those ten years; of the family's lone campaign against the Yemeni authorities; of the refusal of their own government in London to help; and of the despair that forced them into a desperate deal with an unofficial military-style organization specializing in the recovery of abducted children.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 306.85095332 MU PR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0036252

Ten years ago Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small children. As she described so powerfully in her bookSold,Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could obtain their freedom as well. This book tells the story of those ten years; of the family's lone campaign against the Yemeni authorities; of the refusal of their own government in London to help; and of the despair that forced them into a desperate deal with an unofficial military-style organization specializing in the recovery of abducted children.

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