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. This book tells the 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 organization specializing in the recovery of abducted children. Sequel to "Sold." 2000.
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A Promise to Nadia
By Zana Muhsen
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. This book tells the 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 organization specializing in the recovery of abducted children. Sequel to "Sold." 2000.
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