Betty Mahmoody Boeken

Een Amerikaanse vrouw beschrijft hoe haar leven en dat van haar dochter eruit ziet na hun geslaagde ontsnapping uit Iran waar haar man hen vasthield en haar bemoeienis met de belangen van ouders van ontvoerde kinderen.

De ervaringen van een met een Iranese man getrouwde Amerikaanse tijdens haar verblijf in Iran in 1984-'85.

In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child... Now the true story of this courageous woman and her breathtaking odyssey bursts upon the screen in the Pathe Entertainment production starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field Not Without My Daughter is a Literary Guild Alternate Selection.

Mishandeling, verkrachting en slavernij: voor iedereen een nachtmerrie, voor de Britse Zana Muhsen de afschuwelijke werkelijkheid. Op vijftienjarige leeftijd stuurt haar vader Zana en haar zusje Nadia naar Jemen. De meisjes denken een droomvakantie tegemoet te gaan, maar komen bedrogen uit: ze zijn uitgehuwelijkt. Acht oneindige jaren leeft Zana in gevangenschap, waaruit ze uiteindelijk ontsnapt met behulp van haar moeder en de Britse media. Maar Nadia en Zana’s zoontje Marcus blijven achter in mensonterende omstandigheden.

Sultana Al-Sa'ud, a Saudi Arabian Princess, has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, and designer dresses galore. But in reality, Sultana has no freedom or control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country. For the sake of her daughters, Sultana has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the women's room, a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them. In speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head. But by telling her story to Jean Sasson, Sultana allows us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme.NY times bestseller"Absolutely riveting and profoundly sad…" —People magazine"A chilling story… a vivid account of an air-conditioned nightmare..." —Entertainment Weekly"Must-reading for anyone interested in human rights." —USA Today"Shocking… candid… sad, sobering, and compassionate" —San Francisco Chronicle

In this sequel to Not Without My Daughter , Betty Mahmoody describes her cultural readjustment to America, her constant fear of her husband's revenge, and her frustration with a legal system unable to offer her protection--but the story is not hers alone. Mahmoody describes her many encounters with others who have tried to escape similar situations, telling their dramatic stories with the sensitivity of one who knows only too well what they've been through and how far they still have to go. For The Love of a Child is a thrilling adventure with a vitally important message.