Do They Hear You When You Cry - Softcover

Kassindja, Fauzi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553505637 ISBN 13: 9780553505634

Verlag: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group), 1999

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The story of Fauziya Kassindja, who fled her African homeland to escape female genital mutilation and forced polygamy. Fauziya's progressive father had shielded her from the tribal practice of polygamy and female genital mutilation in Togo, Africa, but when he died in 1993, everything changed. At the age of 17, she was forced to marry a much older man who already had three wives, and to undergo preparation for female genital mutilation without any painkillers or antibiotics. Days before the ritual was to take place, Fauziya's sister helped her escape to Germany, and from there she travelled to the United States seeking political asylum. When she arrived in the US she was stripped, shackled and imprisoned for 16 months by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Layli Miller Bashir, a second-year law student assigned to Fauziya's case, found a broken, emaciated girl who had been shuffled from prison to prison, was suffering from an untreated bleeding ulcer, had been subjected to several strip searches, and denied the right to follow her daily religious practices. She enlisted law professor, Karen Musalo, an expert in refugee law, who assembled a team to fight on Fauziya's behalf. Fauziya was finally granted asylum on 13 June 1996, a landmark decision.

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Biography for Layli Miller Bashir Fauziya Kassindja was born in 1977 in Kpalime, Togo, the youngest daughter of a wealthy, prominent family. She now lives in Alexandria, Virginia. ayli Miller Bashir is a recent graduate from the American University Washington College of Law. She lives in Virginia with her husband. ini Kopecki is a freelance writer who lives in New York City. Biography for Fauziya Kassindja

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Fauziya Kassindja's harrowing story begins in Togo, Africa, where she enjoyed a sheltered childhood, shielded by her progressive father from tribal practices. But when he died in 1993, her life changed dramatically. At the age of seventeen she was forced to marry a man who already had three wives and to prepare for the ritual of female circumcision. Hours before the brutal ceremony was to take place, Fauziya escaped and fled to the United States to seek asylum. However, her nightmare was far from over. On arrival in America she was stripped, shackled and imprisoned by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Enter Layli Miller Bashir, a young law student, who took on Fauziya's case and fought for her freedom. In a landmark decision that has given hope to many seeking refuge on the grounds of gender-based persecution, Fauziya was finally granted asylum on 13 June 1996.

In the tradition of the international bestsellers Princess and Not Without My Daughter, this is the dramatic and inspirational story of a woman fighting to free herself from the injustices of her culture. It is a story that you will not easily forget.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0553505637
• ISBN 13: 9780553505634
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688
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