![]() ![]() Miriam Ali also wrote her own heartbreaking version of events, Without Mercy. Last year, she continued the saga in A Promise to Nadia - the true story of a British slave. On her return, Zana wrote bitterly of her ordeal in the book Sold, which became an international bestseller. When the day came, Zana got on the plane - but Nadia vanished back into the mountains. By now, Zana had one child and Nadia two. But there was a catch: they couldn't take their children. Six months later, in April 1988, bureaucratic wheels turned and Nadia and Zana were given permission by Yemen to return to the UK. The resulting articles, portraying Nadia and Zana as slaves in a cruel and primitive culture, provoked a public outcry in Britain and humiliated the government of Yemen. In 1987, a journalist from the Observer visited the girls in their remote villages. But, of course, it was only the beginning. ![]()
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