by Zana Muhsen, Andrew Crofts · POCKET · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266052436
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«Vendues» is the autobiographical account by Zana Muhsen and Andrew Crofts, published by Pocket in paperback (336 pages, in French).
In 1980, British sisters Zana and Nadia Muhsen travel to Yemen, their father's country, convinced they are going on vacation. Once there, they are trapped in a remote village and forced into marriage; their father has sold them. Nadia eventually gives in, while Zana tries by every means to contact her mother and denounce the situation of so many women.
The original account was published in English in 1991 under the title «Sold». The cover of this edition includes the mention «Betty Mahmoody présente Zana Muhsen».
For those seeking real testimonies about survival, oppression and the defense of women's rights.
Zana Muhsen, is a British author known for her book Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery and its follow-up A Promise to Nadia. The books narrate the experiences that she and her sister Nadia Muhsen went through after they were sold into marriage by their father, Muthanna Muhsen, a Yemeni émigré.
