Andrew Crofts

Zana Muhsen

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.

A Story of Modern-day Slavery

Sold

Vendute!

Vendute! L'odissea di due sorelle

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

Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2000.

A True Story of a British Slave in the Yemen

Ett löfte till Nadia

Såld

Vendidas!

Zana Muhsen ist die Flucht aus dem Jemen gelungen. Acht Jahre lang war sie in einer Zwangsehe gefangen, die von ihrem Vater arrangiert worden war. Nun ist sie zurück im heimatlichen England, doch ihr Kampf ist noch lange nicht vorbei. In der bewegenden Fortsetzung von Noch einmal meine Mutter sehen schildert Zana den verzweifelten Kampf um ihren Sohn und ihre Schwester, die sie im Jemen zurücklassen musste und denen sie das Versprechen gab: "Ich werde nicht aufgeben, bis auch ihr eure Freiheit zurückerhalten habt!"

Zana Muhsen

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