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The Imam's Daughter

Name: The Imam's Daughter
ISBN: 9780310318194

My Desperate Flight to Freedom

Hannah Shah

Zondervan · Print & ebook · April 28, 2012

Reading lane: Muslim YA

Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter.

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Why This Clicks

A Fight for Freedom

A harrowing memoir of escaping abuse and pursuing a life shaped by her own choices.

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A firsthand account of fear, courage, and escape
A story of breaking free from family control

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Unflinching details of abuse and threats
A sustained narrative of survival and self-determination

Book Details

Authors: Hannah Shah
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: April 28, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Muslim YA · Islamic Rituals & Practice
Reading lane: Muslim YA

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Religious Lives
Inspirational Religion
Islamic Theology

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Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter. She lived the life of a devout Muslim in a family of Pakistani Muslims in England, but behind the front door, she was a caged butterfly. For many years, her father abused her in the cellar of their home. At sixteen, she discovered a plan to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, and she gathered the courage to run away. Relentlessly hunted by her angry father and brothers, who were intent on executing an "honor" killing, she moved from house to house in perpetual fear to escape them. Over time, she converted to Christianity and was able to live and marry as she wished. Hannah found the courage to live her life free from shame, free from religious intolerance, and free from the abuse that haunted her childhood. This is a remarkable true story of how a young girl escaped a life of torture . . . a story you won't forget.