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ISBN:	0751509515 (ISBN13: 9780751509519)
Edition Language:	English

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Zana Muhsen

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 4.14 | 5360 Users | 317 Reviews

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Title	:	Sold
Author	:	Zana Muhsen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1994 by Little, Brown Book Group (first published 1991)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir

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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.

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Ratings: 4.14 From 5360 Users | 317 Reviews

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I brought this along with the follow up 'A promise to Nadia' I can't recall the press coverage in the 80's but this is still going on. Young girls are 'sold' by their family and taken out of the country my first question was 'whats going on with the school system why didn't anyone ask where the girls where?You will feel angry at Zana's father and the men that brought her, sad for the girls who had lost their family and friends, frustration as their Mum battled to get them back and outrage that

men of Yementreat your women betteryou owe it to Godto do so!

This was an extremely traumatic story, but due to the writing style, I felt somewhat distant from it. I am relieved that the UK has completely overhauled it's attitude to forced marriages and Zana's mother would get help and support to get her children out of this situation if it happened now. I don't want to sound unsympathetic about the people in this book, but I was surprised by how much Zana's mother trusted their father. He had already taken two of her children out of the country and failed

amazed how the male of the species thinks he has the right to decide how women should live their lives. All for his benefit of course. Slavery is still alive and well in the 21st century

I first read this book when I was about 12 years old and I was astonished. This was the first book that familiarised me with how women live in Yemen and with the issue of sold brides. Until the moment I read it, I had believed that this customs and behaviors had been eliminated long ago. I was honestly terrified with the things I learned. This book is an autobiography by a British woman who actually experienced being sold into marriage, adapting to a completely alien way of life, with no running

actual rating: 2.5/5 starsThis book follows such a heavy topic that is very present in our society. How can a father sell his own daughters?! But despite that there were a lot of moments I felt very bored by the story and I felt that nothing really happens most of the time. It took me a long of time to read the book and the edition I read didn't help. The story was very touching but overall it was a 2.5/5 stars reading.

Probably one of the most harrowing and compelling reads! This autobiography told by Zana, one of two young teenage sisters from Birmingham, whose father told them he was taking them abroad for a holiday, but instead sold them into marriage and slavery to boys they had never met and who lived in the Yemeni mountains.In the Yemen were forced to live in poverty stricken villages and were cruelly treated. Every day they walked over rocky terrain to draw water from a well; they were battered and