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  Sold: One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery (Paperback) By (author) Zana Muhsen, By (author) Andrew Crofts

  

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  Short Description for SoldAged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana Muhsen and her sister left Birmingham to visit relatives in North Yemen, but discovered that their father had sold them into marriage. Unlike her sister, Zana managed to escape, and this is her account of eight years of misery and humiliation.
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  • Publisher: TIME WARNER PAPERBACKS
  • Published: 01 September 1994
  • Format: Paperback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Memoirs | Gender Studies: Women | Islamic Studies | Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
  • ISBN 13: 9780751509519 ISBN 10: 0751509515
  • Sales rank: 20,962

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• 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.