Sunday, 6 November 2016

Not Without My Daughter By Betty Mahmoody

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Title:Not Without My Daughter
Author:Betty Mahmoody
Format:Paperback
Page:528 pages
ISBN:0552152161

In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two week vacation that turned into a permanent stay To her horror, she found herself and her four year old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near slaves and Americans despised Their only hope for e In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two week vacation that turned into a permanent stay To her horror, she found herself and her four year old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near slaves and Americans despised Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child


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Betty Mahmoody born June 9, 1945 is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name She is the President and co founder of One World For Children, an organization that promotes understanding between cultures and strives to offer security and protection to children of bi cultural marriages.Her book, Betty Mahmoody born June 9, 1945 is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name She is the President and co founder of One World For Children, an organization that promotes understanding between cultures and strives to offer security and protection to children of bi cultural marriages.Her book, Not Without My Daughter, is an account of her experiences in 1984 86, when she left Alpena, Michigan to go to Iran with her husband and daughter for what she was promised would be a short visit Once there, she and her daughter were held against their wills.According to the book, she and her husband, Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody, and daughter, Mahtob, traveled to Iran in August 1984 for what her husband said would to be a two week visit with his family in Tehran Once the two weeks were over, however, he refused to allow his wife and child to leave Mahmoody became trapped in a culture hostile to Americans, a family hostile to her, and an abusive husband According to the book, Mahmoody s husband separated her from her daughter for weeks on end He also beat her and threatened to kill her if she tried to leave.She eventually fled with her daughter The book details her 500 mile escape to Turkey and the help she received from many Iranians.Betty Mahmoody compiled stories of other parents whose foreign spouses estranged them from their children in the book For the Love of a Child



thumbnailTitle: Not Without My Daughter
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Published :2016-04-24T21:15+01:00
In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two week vacation that turned into a permanent stay
Not Without My Daughter
528 pagesBetty Mahmoody

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