Rahaf Mohammed

L’incroyable récit d’une fuite... et d’une libérationIssue de l’élite d’Arabie saoudite, Rahaf Mohammed grandit sous la surveillance permanente des hommes de sa famille. Malgré les privilèges accordé

No início de 2019, após três anos de muito planejamento, Rahaf Mohammed finalmente escapou de sua família abusiva na Arábia Saudita, mas, ao chegar a Bangkok, teve o passaporte confiscado. Se fosse f

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 Arabias history.THE WASHINGTON POST A 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 countrys 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 Rahafs 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 Arabiabut 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 answeredshe 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 relativesincluding her high-profile politician fathershe endured an abusive childhood in which oppression and deceit were the norm.Moving from Rahafs 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 womans tenacious pursuit of freedom. How does one young woman take on a kingdom and win her freedom?A Gripping Escape Story: Read the harrowing, minute-by-minute account of Rahafs flight from her powerful family, culminating in a standoff in a barricaded Bangkok hotel room. The Power of Social Media: Discover how a single Twitter account, opened in a moment of desperation, rallied 45,000 followers and the global community to save her life. Inside the Closed Kingdom: Gain an unprecedented look into the oppressive culture of Saudi Arabia, from the perspective of a politicians daughter who was granted privilege but denied freedom. A Womans Fight for Freedom: Follow one womans journey from a childhood of abuse to embracing feminism and atheism, and ultimately making a tenacious solo escape to Canada to seek asylum.

Rahaf Mohammed apostó por la libertad y la consiguió. El 5 de enero de 2019, después de tres años de planificación, logró huir de su familia y dejar atrás Arabia Saudí para empezar una nueva vida lejos de los abusos y maltratos a los que era sometida por su condicion de mujer y lesbiana. En sus memorias, ofrece una mirada intima e inedita sobre la terrible realidad de la vida como mujer en uno de los paises mas conservadores y misoginos del mundo, donde las niñas se crian en un sistema represivo que las somete al control legal de los tutores masculinos. Este libro es un grito de desesperacion y de rebeldia contra la hipocresia de un sistema patriarcal en su maxima expresion.

Rahaf Mohammed apostó por la libertad y la consiguió. El 5 de enero de 2019, después de tres años de planificación, logró huir de su familia y dejar atrás Arabia Saudí para empezar una nueva vida lejos de los abusos y maltratos a los que era sometida por su condicion de mujer y lesbiana.En sus memorias, ofrece una mirada intima e inedita sobre la terrible realidad de la vida como mujer en uno de los paises mas conservadores y misoginos del mundo, donde las niñas se crian en un sistema represivo que las somete al control legal de los tutores masculinos. Este libro es un grito de desesperacion y de rebeldia contra la hipocresia de un sistema patriarcal en su maxima expresion.