Completely gripping from cover to cover
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From the moment i picked up this book, I couldn't put it down. Fauziya portrayed everything in a realistic light. I felt like I was there watching everything as it unfolded. The way she talked about her Father's love for her Mother was beautiful and their love was alive and not just written down. I felt her pain through the entire book and it gave me a great appreciation of a young woman's strength and determination. It made me cry when I read about her Mother was banished after her Father's death and Fauziya was left with her horrible Aunt. Everything about this book was gripping- I personally felt all of Fauziya's highs and lows. It also made me change the way i see refugees. The end of the book had me in tears. I would like to share with everyone what a privilege it was for me to read this book and I would thoroughly recommend it to ANYONE.
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Life Changing... A Must Read
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Fauziya's life touched me so much. I pray for her every night now. I asked myself, 'what can I do to help our sisters all over the world?' We need to do more to help. I'm South African, and I feel my country is not doing enough to help. But we, the people of South Africa, can push our country's government to recognise these human rights abuses.
I thank Fauziya for educating me through this book.
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Shocked At Comments
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This story needed to be told, the pursuit of freedom deisgned to control women through barbaric practices and the lack of choice to say no due to cultural pressure. I am shocked the the reader from London Emma Bryner suggests that Fauziya should have considered going with the flow that is incredibly naieve and belittles every progressive effort made to give greater oportunity, freedom and prosperity to women. The more edcuated we become the more we should applaud those who seek to eradicated practices which are unhealthy, emotionally crippling and have devastating consequences. To suggest anyone should accept mutilation shows an extreme lack of understanding in this matter.
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a real eye opener
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Made me think very differently about the system of asylum, especially in America. Such a brave woman, who I will always remember reading about and will never forget her name. I have such admiration for her dedication in fighting to get what she wanted. Such a moving biography to read.
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I laughed, I cried, I could not put it down
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I bought this book in the UN shop, New York and did not put it down until I got on the plane back to the UK. The book draws you into a sense of what this poor girl went through and her strength and courage shines through immensely. It will make you laugh and cry and seriously consider your own life and you realize what you take for granted very quickly. It provides you with an insight into the injustice that is the asylum seeking process. Throughout the book, Fauziya remains to be careful of how she explains her detention by the US, she does not appear to be bitter or angry to those that caused her so much suffering which if I were to be in her shoes, I doubt that I would be so calm or understanding. Fauziya arrived in the US with a fake passport after fleeing her tribe in Togo, Africa but immediately told the immigration she was seeking asylum and that the passport was not hers. The result of this honesty was further imprisonment and injustice. We are constantly informed by the media how people ‘flock to the UK’ trying to be granted asylum but we never stop to think of the stress and fear and uncertainty that these people suffer in the process. We consider the USA to be a country of free speech and of justice in comparison to where Fauziya came from but it is a shame that these principles were forgotten or perhaps ignored when Fauziya arrived but a blessing that the young Law student Layli Miller Bashir, and the team of lawyers that fought for her, came into her life. I have never been touched so much by a book and I praise Fauziya for her faith and strength that got her through the worst journey I have ever heard. I too cried with her and laughed with her and if there is any chance of a follow-up book to tell everyone what she is doing then it needs to hurry up!
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