Do they hear you when you cry
By: Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir.
Contributors: Bashir, Layli Miller.
Publisher: Delacorte press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-; Political refugees -- United States -- Biography; Muslim women -- Togo -- Biography; Asylum, Right of -- United States; Female circumcision -- Togo
Description: A true story of persecution, friendship, and ultimate triumph, Do They Hear You When You Cry chronicles the struggles of two extraordinary women: Fauziya Kassindja, who fled her African homeland to escape female genital mutilation only to be locked up in American prisons for sixteen months; and Layli Miller Bashir, a driven young law student who fought for Fauziya's freedom.

Here, for the first time, is Fauziya's dramatic personal story, told in her own words, vividly detailing her life as a young woman in Togo and her nightmarish day-to-day existence in U.S. prisons. It is a story of faith and freedom, courage and inspiration.