| Heroine of the Desert Contributor(s): Al-Nahi, Donya (Author), Crofts, Andrew (With) |
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ISBN: 1844547280 ISBN-13: 9781844547289 Publisher: Metro Publishing OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: When Donya Al-Nahi helped her friend reunite with her kidnapped child, she embarked upon a calling that was to help hundreds of women in the same situation. These women's children are not taken by a stranger--they are snatched by their own fathers, usually Middle Eastern men who do not wish their children to be exposed to a Western upbringing, and so take the children back to the countries of origin. What started as a favor to a friend has turned into a life's work for Al-Nahi. In this book, she describes her adventures, venturing into the most dangerous parts of the world, such as Iraq, Libya and Dubai, in order to find the children and bring them home to their mothers. She has been arrested and thrown in jail, but this has not dampened her determination to do the right thing and reunite mother and child. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Self-help | Adult Children Of Substance Abusers |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.3" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Donya Al-Nahi helped her friend reunite with her kidnapped child, she embarked upon a calling that was to help hundreds of women in the same situation. Snatched by their fathersoften Middle Eastern men who do not wish their offspring to be exposed to a Western upbringingnumerous children are taken to live in their countries of origin against the wishes of their own mothers. What started as a favor to a friend has turned into a life's work for Al-Nahi, and she describes in vivid detail her adventures into the most dangerous parts of the worldincluding Iraq, Libya, and Dubaiin order to find the children and bring them home. Told with sincere compassion and brutal honesty, Donya s stories are at once heart-stopping tales as well astelling reflections on what can go wrong when people marry across the culture gap.Donya has repeatedlybeen arrested and thrown in jail, but this has not dampened her determination to do the right thing and reunite mother and child." |
