It is a story about the inequality, injustice and violations of human rights millions of girls around the world face due to their gender when forced or entered into underage marriage as child brides. This is the story of Eve and her fight for freedom. She lives amongst a beautiful people in an intriguing ancient culture, but the beauty of her surroundings jar with the ugliness of captivity where her freedom has been confiscated and she becomes Uncle Suleiman's hostage. She witnesses forced marriages and child marriages as well as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Eve is set on returning to Britain to resume her education before she misses her chance at university, before her genius is wasted, but Uncle Suleiman's addiction and greed give him an equally strong determination to prevent her from leaving. She fights for her freedom, but her captors' constant criticism, chip at her spirit. She struggles with the way of life, but also the mentality and culture. Her constant attempts to escape the mountains are not only hindered by the treacherous terrain, but her Uncle Suleiman, who planned for her marriage since first setting eyes on her, keeps her captive to ensure his son sends him a monthly allowance.Įve's captors want to subdue her strong personality, and individuality Eve is put under pressure to be like all the girls, to be a woman not a girl. When Eve is taken by her parents to a remote mountainous Yemeni village, where life has remained the same since ancient times, she is forced to marry Adam and her life becomes a dystopian novel caught in a real-life limbo. Her desire to return home and enter university fuels her escape attempts, but Uncle Suleiman's addiction to qat and greed for money give him an equally matched desire to stop her from leaving.

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When a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub