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Vesela.K asked this question about Not Without My Daughter:
Why do all of you say such negative thing about the book and things like "It's written this way to make readers sympathize Betty"? Why is it so ubelievable for you that it really is a real story. Everybody knows that women in Islamic world is treated way differently than other religions.
German in USA Most of the people criticizing will either be Persian or from a similar country themselves (thus, find it normal!), married to a Persian man whom they…moreMost of the people criticizing will either be Persian or from a similar country themselves (thus, find it normal!), married to a Persian man whom they think would never do such a thing, or your general politically correct armchair social justice warrior, who‘s never actually been anywhere outside the West and thus, has no idea what it is actually like in countries like Iran. As someone who has visited 30+ countries including African, Mideastern and Asian, I HAVE seen things from the inside in various places through having stayed with locals and none of what Betty Mahmoody writes actually surprises me, especially considering the time frame it took place in. That said, as a rather typical American, she IS guilty in my opinion of not having informed herself of local culture, conditions. and her rights before boarding a plane to her husband‘s country, or better yet, before marrying him altogether. No first generation „immigrant“ to the USA just magically turns „American“. People bring their culture with them, even if it may not seem so to you on the surface level. (less)
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Not Without My Daughter
by Betty Mahmoody
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