When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Ruled by their husbands, treated like slaves and having to survive in the most remote and mountainous places, they really are left to their own devices and survival and then escape is on their minds.Īn insight into the custom of Yemeni child marriages and why this still happens in the modern age. The book, Sold, is a real record of two women who were sold unknowingly by their own father into slavery. Sold Zana Muhsen, Andrew Crofts 4.19 6,823 ratings413 reviews Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. How a man can sell his daughters to men under any circumstances is unbelievable to most people. The fact that he follows them at times was particularly unsettling.īut the reality of two girls is heartbreaking to read about for ‘their country’ is nothing more than a prison – “I felt glad when I thought about dying as that would be a way out of the Yemen” He is moody and they soon learn to sneak out so they are able to do what their friends are doing. Nadia is the tom boy whilst Zana is the more ladylike but they know that their father minds when they speak to a man of any kind, questioning them and warning them not to. They work in the family shop and cafe, fight with one another but love each other deeply.

Birminghamīut these are Birmingham girls. But when you’re of Yemeni heritage, it’s only natural that a holiday there will be interesting and an insight into where your family comes from and to understand your own culture. Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. Zana Muhsen Sold: One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery Hardcover Januby Zana Muhsen (Author) 269 ratings Hardcover 10.71 12 Used from 6.71 2 New from 76.17 1 Collectible from 71.90 Paperback 11.71 16 Used from 2.34 13 New from 6.98 Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. Birmingham to Yemen could not be more different. 19.68 9 Used from 12.20 1 New from 482.41.

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