'I refused to let go because of the kids,' she maintains. The author tries too hard to portray herself as totally naive and innocent, preyed on by a tyrannical and cruel husband. It does not come off as a wolf-sheep combination at all for me to be entirely sympathetic to her ordeal. Seeing that she left her first daughter to marry her feudal lord, she doesn't come off as such a devoted and loving mother for me to buy that argument. Tehmina Durrani's story provided extraordinary insights into the vulnerable position of women caught in the complex web of Muslim society.more

Here at last was someone who had succeded in reconciling her faith in Islam with her ardent belief in women's rights. When this book was first published it shook Pakistani society to its foundations. When she decided to rebel, the price she paid was extremely high: as a Muslim woman seeking a divorce, she signed away all financial support, lost the custody of her four children, and found herself alienated from her friends and disowned by her parents. For fourteen years, Tehmina suffered alone, in silence. Violently possessive and pathologically jealous, Mustafa Khar succeeded in cutting her off from the outside world. Her marriage to Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan's most eminent political figures, soon turned into a nightmare. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a prosperous Muslim from a respectable family, bear him many children and lead a sheltered life of leisure. Her marriage to Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan's most eminent political figures, so Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society.

Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society.

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