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“ayse onal”

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  • Honour Killing

    Stories of Men Who Killed

    by Ayse Onal ...
    Honour killing persists across the Middle East, where regimes refrain from tackling primitive traditions for fear of sparking unrest. Ayse Onal interviewed imprisoned men in Turkey convicted of killing their mothers, sisters and daughters. The result is a revealing and ultimately tragic account of ruined lives - both the victims' and the killers' - in a country where state and religion conspire to ... Read more

    $12.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Honor Killings in the Twenty-First Century

    by N. Pope ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Murder in the Name of Honour

    The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime

    by Rana Husseini ...
    Murder in the Name of Honour is Rana Husseini’s hard-hitting and controversial examination of honour crimes. Common in many traditional societies around the world, as well as in migrant communities in Europe and the USA, they involve a ‘punishment’—often death or disfigurement—carried out by a relative to restore the family’s honour.Breaking through the conspiracy of silence surrounding this crime ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Brutal

    The Heartbreaking True Story of a Little Girl’s Stolen Innocence

    by Nabila Sharma ...
    He was my religious teacher. I should have been able to trust him. But he made me do unspeakable things…At seven years old, Nabila Sharma began her lessons at the mosque as every good Muslim girl does. But from the minute she looked up at her Imam, the man who held her spiritual future in his hands, she knew something was wrong.Over the next five years Nabila’s life became unbearable. While she ... Read more

    $3.49 USD

  • Barefoot in Baghdad

    A Story of Identity—My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos

    by Manal Omar ...
    "Walk barefoot and the thorns will hurt you…" —Iraqi-Turkmen proverbA riveting story of hope and despair, of elation and longing, Barefoot in Baghdad takes you to the front lines of a different kind of battle, where the unsung freedom fighters are strong, vibrant—and female.An American aid worker of Arab descent, Manal Omar moves to Iraq to help as many women as she can rebuild their lives. She ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Escape! from an Arab Marriage

    Horror Stories of Flight from Abusive Muslim Husbands

    by Cassandra ...
    Escape! From An Arab Marriage, Cassandras first book, includes her personal story and documented stories of other women who became involved with Arab/Muslim men who have come from the Middle East. The women in these stories have learned firsthand the truth of how women are thought of in Islamic societiesthat 6th century traditional abuse and cruelty toward women, alive and well today, is still an ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Sharaf

    by Raj Kumar ...
    Major-General Farhan Al-Balawi is a loyal soldier in the Saudi Arabian army who dotes on his beloved daughter, Maryam, his pride in her learning and independent spirit sharpened by the death of his elder son and his estrangement from the younger who has opted to pursue a hedonistic western lifestyle in the USA. Despite the love she shares with her family, her respect for her father, the pride she ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Damaged

    The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

    by Cathy Glass ...
    The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Property

    The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife

    by Carol Christie, John Christie ...
    In the early 1970s an innocent teenager who had led a sheltered life was forced to leave her family and enter into a polygamous, abusive, and deviant relationship with a man called the Prophet. In 2008, nearly 40 years later, she fled his religious sect.Property is not a misnomer. It accurately depicts how the women in the sect were treated. Carol Christie reveals the degradation, abuse, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bought and Sold

    by Megan Stephens ...
    A heart-stopping story of lies, brutality and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she was tricked into becoming a victim of human trafficking and held captive for six years by deception, threats and violence.While on holiday with her mother at a popular Mediterranean coastal resort, Megan fell in ... Read more

    $2.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Paid For – My Journey through Prostitution

    Surviving a Life of Prostitution and Drug Addiction on Dublin's Streets

    by Rachel Moran ...
    When you are 15 years old and destitute, too unskilled to work and too young to claim unemployment benefit, your body is all you have left to sell.'THE BEST WORK BY ANYONE ON PROSTUTION EVER.' Catherine A. MacKinnonRachel Moran came from a troubled family background. Taken into state care at 14, she became homeless and got involved in prostitution aged 15, ending up isolated, drug-addicted, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • South of Forgiveness

    A True Story of Rape and Responsibility

    by Elva Thordis, Stranger Tom ...
    One ordinary spring morning in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thordis Elva kisses her son and partner goodbye before boarding a plane to do a remarkable thing: fly seven thousand miles to South Africa to confront the man who raped her when she was just sixteen. Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, Tom Stranger nervously embarks on an equally life-changing journey to meet Thordis, wondering whether he is worthy ... Read more

    $16.99 USD