Bøger af Rahaf Mohammed

Rahaf Mohammed flygtede med livet som indsats fra sin familie i Saudi-Arabien til en fri tilværelse. I begyndelsen af 2019, efter mere end et års omhyggelig planlægning, undslap Rahaf Mohammed sin voldelige familie i Saudi-Arabien – men nåede kun til Bangkok, før hun blev tilbageholdt af de thailandske myndigheder på et hotel. Hun var sikker på at blive slået ihjel, som andre oprørske kvinder fra Saudi-Arabien, hvis hun blev sendt hjem. Alt imens der blev hamret på døren til hendes barrikaderede hotelværelse, åbnede hun en Twitter-konto, hvor hun fik 45.000 følgere på en dag; de samme følgere hjalp hende med at søge om asyl i Vesten. Rahaf fortæller om en opvækst i et samfund, som påtvinger kvinder at leveunder ekstrem kontrol ekstrem kontrol fra mandlige familiemedlemmer, frem til hendes dramatiske flugt fra Saudi-Arabien via Thailand og til sidst Canada, hvor hun bor i dag.

I begyndelsen af 2019, efter mere end et års omhyggelig planlægning, undslap Rahaf Mohammed sin voldelige familie i Saudi-Arabien – men nåede kun til Bangkok, før hun blev tilbageholdt af de thailandske myndigheder på et hotel. Hun var sikker på at blive slået ihjel, som andre oprørske kvinder fra Saudi- Arabien, hvis hun blev sendt hjem. Alt imens der blev hamret på døren til hendes barrikaderede hotelværelse, åbnede hun en Twitter-konto, hvor hun fik 45.000 følgere på en dag; de samme følgere hjalp hende med at søge om asyl i Vesten.Rahaf fortæller om en opvækst i et samfund, som påtvinger kvinder at leve under ekstrem kontrol fra mandlige familiemedlemmer, frem til hendes dramatiske flugt fra Saudi-Arabien via Thailand og til sidst Canada, hvor hun bor i dag.

'Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a young woman, wielding nothing but a cellphone, facing down the force of an oppressive government is an apt metaphor for this fraught moment in Saudi Arabia's history.'THE WASHINGTON POSTA gripping true story of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from Saudi Arabia captivated the world.In early 2019, after more than a year of careful planning, Rahaf Mohammed boarded a plane and finally escaped from Saudi Arabia. If caught, she was sure she would be killed, like other rebel women who had tried to flee her country's oppressive regime.But the eighteen-year-old only made it as far as Bangkok before her passport was taken away. It was a trick, and soon she found herself trapped, barricaded in a hotel room. As men pounded on her door, the teenager decided to reach out to the world on Twitter - and the world answered. Her account gained forty-five thousand followers overnight and offered her a vital lifeline. This was Rahaf's chance at a new life, the one she had dreamed of.Now Rahaf tells her remarkable story for the first time and reveals the dystopian reality of what life is like for women within Saudi Arabia. From the guardianship system, which places unmarried women under the full control of their male relatives, to the secretive online underground network of Saudi runaways plotting their escape, Rebel is a gripping memoir of resistance and bravery by a woman determined to tell the truth about life in the closed kingdom.

A gripping memoir of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from her abusive family and an oppressive culture in Saudi Arabia captivated the world In early 2019, after three years of careful planning, Rahaf Mohammed finally escaped her abusive family in Saudi Arabia?but made it only to Bangkok before being stripped of her passport. If forced to return home, she was sure she would be killed, like other rebel women in her country. As men pounded at the door of her barricaded hotel room, she opened a Twitter account. The teenager reached out to the world, and the world answered?she gained 45,000 followers in one day, and those followers helped her seek asylum in the West.Now Rahaf Mohammed tells her remarkable story in her own words, revealing untold truths about life in the closed kingdom, where young women are brought up in a repressive system that puts them under the legal control of a male guardian. Raised with immense financial privilege but under the control of her male relatives?including her high-profile politician father?she endured an abusive childhood in which oppression and deceit were the norm.Moving from Rahaf's early days on the underground online network of Saudi runaways, who use coded entries to learn how to flee the brutalities of their homeland, to her solo escape to Canada, Rebel is a breathtaking and life-affirming memoir about one woman's tenacious pursuit of freedom.