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- Summary
- 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. --back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 528 pages
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Favorite
- 6.
- Muslim family life
- 7.
- Muslim girl
- 8.
- Weddings
- 9.
- Strife
- 1.
- 10.
- Tragedy
- 11.
- Nightmare
- 12.
- Marriage
- 13.
- Flight
- 14.
- Germany
- Prison
- 15.
- Charlie
- 16.
- Sister's keepers
- 17.
- America
- 18.
- Esmor
- 19.
- Bowman
- 2.
- 20.
- Prison life
- 21.
- Layli
- 22.
- Riot
- 23.
- York
- 24.
- Lehigh
- Home
- 25.
- Hearing
- 26.
- Beijing
- 27.
- In position
- 28.
- Battles
- 29.
- Desperation
- 3.
- 30.
- Crisis
- 31.
- April 24th
- 32.
- Freedom
- Yaya and Amariya
- 4.
- Daily life
- Isbn
- 9780385319942
- Label
- Do they hear you when you cry
- Title
- Do they hear you when you cry
- Statement of responsibility
- Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir
- Subject
-
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Circumcision, Female
- Female circumcision
- Female circumcision -- Togo
- Islam
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-
- Muslim women
- Asylum, Right of
- Political refugees
- Political refugees -- United States -- Biography
- Refugees
- Togo
- Togo
- United States
- United States
- Muslim women -- Togo -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. --back cover
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- OKX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kassindja, Fauziya
- Dewey number
-
- 305.48/691
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Bashir, Layli Miller
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Kassindja, Fauziya
- Kassindja, Fauziya
- Kassindja, Fauziya
- Political refugees
- Muslim women
- Asylum, Right of
- Female circumcision
- Asylum, Right of
- Female circumcision
- Muslim women
- Political refugees
- Togo
- United States
- Refugees
- Islam
- Circumcision, Female
- United States
- Togo
- Label
- Do they hear you when you cry, Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Favorite
- 6.
- Muslim family life
- 7.
- Muslim girl
- 8.
- Weddings
- 9.
- Strife
- 1.
- 10.
- Tragedy
- 11.
- Nightmare
- 12.
- Marriage
- 13.
- Flight
- 14.
- Germany
- Prison
- 15.
- Charlie
- 16.
- Sister's keepers
- 17.
- America
- 18.
- Esmor
- 19.
- Bowman
- 2.
- 20.
- Prison life
- 21.
- Layli
- 22.
- Riot
- 23.
- York
- 24.
- Lehigh
- Home
- 25.
- Hearing
- 26.
- Beijing
- 27.
- In position
- 28.
- Battles
- 29.
- Desperation
- 3.
- 30.
- Crisis
- 31.
- April 24th
- 32.
- Freedom
- Yaya and Amariya
- 4.
- Daily life
- Control code
- ocm40808839
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 528 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385319942
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Label
- Do they hear you when you cry, Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Favorite
- 6.
- Muslim family life
- 7.
- Muslim girl
- 8.
- Weddings
- 9.
- Strife
- 1.
- 10.
- Tragedy
- 11.
- Nightmare
- 12.
- Marriage
- 13.
- Flight
- 14.
- Germany
- Prison
- 15.
- Charlie
- 16.
- Sister's keepers
- 17.
- America
- 18.
- Esmor
- 19.
- Bowman
- 2.
- 20.
- Prison life
- 21.
- Layli
- 22.
- Riot
- 23.
- York
- 24.
- Lehigh
- Home
- 25.
- Hearing
- 26.
- Beijing
- 27.
- In position
- 28.
- Battles
- 29.
- Desperation
- 3.
- 30.
- Crisis
- 31.
- April 24th
- 32.
- Freedom
- Yaya and Amariya
- 4.
- Daily life
- Control code
- ocm40808839
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 528 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385319942
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
Subject
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Circumcision, Female
- Female circumcision
- Female circumcision -- Togo
- Islam
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-
- Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-
- Muslim women
- Asylum, Right of
- Political refugees
- Political refugees -- United States -- Biography
- Refugees
- Togo
- Togo
- United States
- United States
- Muslim women -- Togo -- Biography
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