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Do they hear you when you cry / Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir.
LIBRA JV6601 .K37 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-.
- Kassindja, Fauziya.
- Political refugees--United States--Biography.
- Political refugees.
- Female genital mutilation.
- United States.
- Togo.
- Muslim women--Togo--Biography.
- Muslim women.
- Asylum, Right of--United States.
- Asylum, Right of.
- Female genital mutilation--Togo.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 518 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Delacorte Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- A true story of persecution, friendship, and ultimate triumph, Do They Hear You When You Cry chronicles the struggles of two extraordinary women: Fauziya Kassindja, who fled her African homeland to escape female genital mutilation only to be locked up in American prisons for sixteen months; and Layli Miller Bashir, a driven young law student who fought for Fauziya's freedom. Here, for the first time, is Fauziya's dramatic personal story, told in her own words, vividly detailing her life as a young woman in Togo and her nightmarish day-to-day existence in U.S. prisons. It is a story of faith and freedom, courage and inspiration.
- ISBN:
- 0385318324
- OCLC:
- 38105495
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