A review by silenttardis
No Safe Place: Murdered by our Father by Hannana Siddiqui, Bekhal Mahmod

5.0

I start writing this with tears in my eyes… this was such a hard book to read to imagine that there are girls that live this way today… yes I know the events in the book toke place between, 1985 to 2007 and somewhat to the present day… but this sort of things is still happening, and most girls afflicted by this don’t reach out, don’t run away, like baby sister Banaz they only search for help when they are at their end of the road, or simply disappear, because no one really cares for them… and if the authorities are afraid to help because they are in risk of sounding islamofobics, we need new laws that put honour killings and honour punishing aside in modern countries (ideally in the world but one can always dream) and really permit the authorities to dig in, in the private lives of these close communities and protect these women and sometimes man as well…

You hear how things happened to Bakha and you think, how could this possibly be real, how could a family tread like this a daughter, such hard core beatings, calling a child a whore, the FGM was completely horrifying… yes, when you start reading this book grab a box of tissues, you will need it…

I highly recommend this book for the fans of true stories, true crime and of human rights, its very hard to read but we cant let this kind of stories die, or let them be silent, because knowing this can help the next victim.

Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC and this is my honest opinion.