Title: Do they hear you when you cry
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Asylum, Right of, Biography, Female circumcision, Muslim women, Political refugees, Right of Asylum, Kassindja, Fauziya, 1977-, Togo, Diaries (form), Refugees, Women, Women, africa, Africa, west, social conditions
Places: Togo, United States
People: Fauziya Kassindja (1977-)
LC classification: JV6601 .K37 1998