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| Original Title: | Do They Hear You When You Cry |
| ISBN: | 0385319940 (ISBN13: 9780385319942) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Togo |
Fauziya Kassindja
Paperback | Pages: 544 pages Rating: 4.21 | 3213 Users | 261 Reviews
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| Title | : | Do They Hear You When You Cry |
| Author | : | Fauziya Kassindja |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 544 pages |
| Published | : | January 12th 1999 by Delta (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Cultural. Africa. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Feminism |
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For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was told to prepare for kakia, the ritual also known as female genital mutilation. It is a ritual no woman can refuse. But Fauziya dared to try.This is her story--told in her own words--of fleeing Africa just hours before the ritual kakia was to take place, of seeking asylum in America only to be locked up in U.S. prisons, and of meeting Layli Miller Bashir, a law student who became Fauziya's friend and advocate during her horrifying sixteen months behind bars. Layli enlisted help from Karen Musalo, an expert in refugee law and acting director of the American University International Human Rights Clinic. In addition to devoting her own considerable efforts to the case, Musalo assembled a team to fight with her on Fauziya's behalf. Ultimately, in a landmark decision in immigration history, Fauziya Kassindja was granted asylum on June 13, 1996. Do They Hear You When You Cry is her unforgettable chronicle of triumph.
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Ratings: 4.21 From 3213 Users | 261 ReviewsArticle About Books Do They Hear You When You Cry
I wish I could give it 10 stars, but I'm really at a loss as to how to review this book, especially as there are so many other reviews published here that offer the praise it deserves. What I will say is this is perhaps one of the best books I have EVER read, a powerful and stunning memoir that left me thinking of so much: about FGM and how very little it is discussed; about cultural traditions and how powerless we are to stop them even if modern opinions deem them to be barbaric or torturous;That's what nineteen days in B.A.U. [(Behaviorial Analysis Unit)] had done to meI felt "lucky" to be in a prison.I'm not sure how the public interest was served by my incarceration. It's important to be careful with books like these. On the one hand, this is an invaluable document that demonstrates the constant rock-and-a-hard-place in the contest of human rights between imperial powers and their once possessed postcolonial nations. On the other, the quote by the infamous Gloria Steinem gives
The US is known as the country of immigrants, but it also has one of the most horrific records of integrating them into mainstream society. This is a story of the 1990s but according to all news reports and statistics, things have not much changed in the USA. To start at the beginning, Fauziya Kassindja started life in Togo in a very patriarchal but loving family (they exist) and was brought up to value education. Her father was against FGM but at the same time, he did not empower his daughters
It took me a while to get throught his book. Fauziya is very detailed about her journey, not leaving out details about her traumatic experience, even giving detailed background stories about her legal representation.One of the most striking things about this book is that Fauziya is about the same age as me, so I kept thinking about what I was doing when she was going through everything. On the Travel Channel, you can watch shows about being "Locked up Abroad" which show the horrible conditions
While this book is a little outdated (published 1999) not much has changed by the way of treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. I never expected this book to be so topical, but it's all I've been thinking about with the travel ban.Fauziya never wanted to leave her country. She had no idea what legal rights or options she had when she landed in America. To say that people land here for terrorism and to abuse the system is a ridiculous broad sweep of a tiny minority. She needed help and our
It is insane, the fuss we make about our hesitancies to address these kinds of issues, because heavens forbid we talk about womanly parts and the types of torture these parts sometimes have to endure; its akin to speaking about the cringe-worthy subject of sexual assault. Lets avoid talking about a procedure that poses serious medical risk and causes psychological trauma to women and girls, because it is not polite conversation and it spoils our morning tea, or because it is only a cultural
This book made me really interested in the process of claiming asylum. I've never thought much about asylum, but reading a personal account of someone suffering through the process really made me more interested in learning more about those seeking asylum. i went through a phase of reading a lot of books written by and about people in prison, all of which have been depressing to read, but her story added a whole new dimension. she had to suffer all of horrible things that happen in prison
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