Rebel

My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

De: Rahaf Mohammed

Narrado por: uncredited

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.

RIVETING!!!

And enthralling story about a woman escaping from the most oppressive country in the world when it comes to women’s rights, Saudi Arabia. How about that

Heart Wrenching

I have listened to quite a few books written by other women from this region of the world, and all of these books touch me in a way that invokes empathy and fear so many of the women from this region of the country are mistreated and abused, and some of the things that are described in this book in particular Are just unimaginable. I’m so glad that she escaped and is able to embark on a new life I’m sure that it’s very lonely being away from her family, but the book was all written and I would definitely highly recommend very very brave to have shared so much personal informationand to have the courage to expose so many things that were not public knowledge about this country.

Riveting True Story of Saudi Girl’s Escape

Outstanding auto biography of girl’s escape from Saudi family. Book was riveting, couldn’t stop listening.

Gripping and illuminating

Incredible story by an amazing young woman. It was incredibly illuminating; I had no idea about the depth of the control that Saudi women have to deal with.

Saudi Arabia is an incredibly backwards place, with the most pathetic man-children on earth. But this young woman overcame all of that, did everything she could think of, and fought every step of the way to change her fate.

Motivating and amazing story; well-written, gripping and fascinating.

Wow

Truly an amazing story of bravery. Rahaf’s story was so eye opening and heartbreaking, we like to think things like this don’t happen in 2023, but her story sheds light on what life is still like for the women of Saudi Arabia. I admire her story, her bravery, her fight.