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 internationally bestselling book SOLD, Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could obtain their freedom as well. A PROMISE TO NADIA will tell the extraordinary 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 organisation specialising in the recovery of abducted children.

A Promise to Nadia

Politics & Social Sciences

Muhsen, Zana

Social Sciences

Little,Brown & Co

A true story of abduction and forced marriage. Zana Muhsen and her sister left Birmingham to visit relatives in North Yemen, but they discovered that their father had sold them into marriage and they were prisoners, having to adapt to an alien way of life. Zana escaped but her sister had to stay.

Sold

Crofts, Andrew

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Time Warner Books Uk

Sold: One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. They had to adapt to a completely alien way of life, with no running water, dung-plastered walls, frequent beatings, and the ordeal of childbirth on bare floors with only old women in attendance. After 8 years of misery and humiliation, Zana succeeded in escaping, but her sister is still there, and it seems likely that she will now never leave the country where she has spent more than half her life. This is an updated edition of Zana's account of her experiences.

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Little, Brown Book Group

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 book Sold, 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.

A Promise to Nadia: A True Story of a British Slave in the Yemen

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Ten years previously 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 internationally bestselling book SOLD, Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could to obtain their freedom as well.
A PROMISE TO NADIA tells the extraordinary 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 organisation specialising in the recovery of abducted children.

Little, Brown, UK

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. They had to adapt to a completely alien way of life, with no running water, dung-plastered walls, frequent beatings, and the ordeal of childbirth on bare floors with only old women in attendance. After eight years of misery and humiliation Zana succeeded in escaping, but her sister is still there, and it seems likely that she will now never leave the country where she has spent more than half her life. This is an updated edition of Zana's account of her experiences.

En 1980, Nadia et Zana Muhsen, deux petites Anglaises de quatorze et quinze ans, s'envolent au Yémen - pays de leur père - pour des vacances de rêve... Là-bas, leur existence bascule dans le cauchemar. Prisonnières dans un village isolé, elles seront mariées de force. Leur père les a vendues ! 13 000 francs chacune.    Coups, insultes, chantage... Très vite, Nadia capitule. Mais Zana résiste. Elle écrit des centaines de lettres qui n'arriveront jamais... Puis, un jour, un médecin yéménite accepte de poster un courrier adressé à sa mère. Elle lui demande d'alerter la presse, de crier leur histoire au monde entier !    L'Angleterre s'émeut. En 1988, le gouvernement yéménite autorise les deux jeunes filles à quitter le pays... sans leurs enfants. Nadia refuse. Zana décide de fuir l'enfer...    D'Angleterre, Zana continue la lutte pour qu'un jour certains hommes cessent d'être d'infâmes geôliers.

Vendues

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pocket

Esta dramática y valerosa denuncia se inscribe por derecho propio entre los testimonios más abrumadores acerca de la opresión de la mujer en la sociedad contemporánea. Presentado por Betty Mahmoody, autora de No sin mi hija, este estremecedor documento verídico ha alcanzado una extraordinaria resonancia: en cuatro semanas se imprimieron en Francia 200,000 ejemplares de Vendidas, con un promedio de 10,000 ejemplares adquiridos diariamente por el público.

Vendidas

Women's Studies

Planeta Pub Corp

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Sold: One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery

A Promise to Nadia: A True Story of a British Slave in the Yemen

A Promise to Nadia: A True Story of a British Slave in the Yemen

Sold

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