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  <name><![CDATA[Nadia Sahari]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Lebanese-American writer, actress and entrepreneur Nadia Sahari has written a highly revealing memoir, BREAKAWAY: HOW I SURVIVED ABUSE, which dramatically details her 18 years of abuse, including sexual molestation by her grandfather, frequent severe beatings from her strict father and then from her alcoholic first husband, rape, kidnapping, family abandonment and several attempts on her life. The book explains how she overcame the fear and shame that kept her imprisoned in intolerable conditions and how she broke away from abuse and adjusted psychologically to personal freedom.
She is helping to break the silence of abuse. She believes all victims of abuse should get the support and help they need to start living their dream.
&quot;It is our right and our freedom of choice to live&quot;.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[other true stories, bios, memoirs, reading books like mine, I learned I was not alone. ]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Beirut</hometown>  <born_at>05/10/1918</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[BREAKAWAY: How I Survived Abuse]]></title>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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