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Rebel : My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

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.


Author:

  • Rahaf Mohammed

Narrator:

  • Anonymous Anonymous

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 7 h 13 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies
  • Autobiographies
  • Natural sciences
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Politics

4.6

51 ratings

Mirjana

2023-07-19

Wow vilken bok. Men att det gör sådan skillnad i ett land som Sverige ö. I dag på hur det är att leva med för följelse och och exakt just de känslor och tankar och även efteråt, det är aldrig tidigare jag hört mina egna känslor och tankar och upplevda kroppsliga reaktioner på ett så exakt vis,och jag vill lova attt inte trodde jag att det skulle ske i samband med en bok som denna och på ett sätt så olika liv,samtidigt som ändå inte,men oavsätt själva händelsen så är de upplevelserna och känslorna det som traumat och de hemska saker vi upplever som är det viktiga,2 individer kan vara med om exakt samma sak och uppleva den som dag och natt,den ena som ingenting och den andra som de mest fruktansvärda. Jag brukar hänvisa till denna boken för att folk i världen ska. Förstå mig för jag har aldrig kunnat förklara på ett så fantastiskt sätt som kvinnan gör. Boken visar att bara för att man lever på andra sidan jorden på ett sätt som man här kanske inte känner till eller förstår eller tycker är konstigt måste man också påminna sig om att det är vad dom är vana vid,dom vet bara just det. Precis som vi, vi vet bara det vi har runt oss här och därför tycker både stort som smått och har åsikter om de ena och de andra och religioner ok ch regler och lagar som finns runt om i världen,för att vi ser inte allt,vi vet en så liten del,vi tror vi kan ha förutfattade meningar utifrån "va jag iallafall har hört". En sak är säker,att känslor är detsamma var vi än bor,lika så trauma,smärta,sorg.

Dejana

2023-01-27

Definitely worth a read. It is always interesting to read a true story, especially when it is from a rare voice. It is a brave and inspirational story and also educational if you don’t have much knowledge about “honor” and Western contra Eastern views on life and gender roles. The reason for the four stars instead of five is mostly because I wish there were more details! Without spoiling - I wanted to know more about HOW she got away with certain things during her teenage years and the feelings before and during these acts/relationships etc. I just felt like some questions were left unanswered, but I would still recommend the book to a friend or my students. I think it gives ground for necessary and interesting conversations.

Christine

2022-07-05

Gives a wide eye opening to the reality that many must and do face daily. True hero and the story of a strong woman.

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    Rahaf Mohammed

    RAHAF MOHAMMED was eighteen years old when she dramatically escaped from Saudi Arabia, capturing world-wide attention through her Twitter account. The daughter of a politician, Rahaf was raised according to an oppressive interpretation of Islam, where women and girls are given virtually no freedom. Thanks to a public plea for her life made on social media, Rahaf was eventually granted asylum in Canada, where she still lives, advocating for the freedom and empowerment of women.

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