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FREIE MENSCHEN KANN MAN NICHT ZÄHMEN
(FREE PEOPLE CANNOT BE TAMED)
IN WEST AFRICAN MAURITANIA, AN "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC", THERE IS A STRICT TRIBAL AND CLASS SYSTEM. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS ONE OF THE STRICTEST APOSTASY AND BLASPHEMY LAWS IN THE WORLD. ANYONE WHO CRITICIZES RELIGION OR REBELS AGAINST THE POLITICAL SITUATION FACES IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE; THOSE WHO RENOUNCE ISLAM FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. YAHYA EKHOU DESCRIBES HIS BREAK WITH TRADITIONAL THOUGHT PATTERNS, HIS STATUS AS A STATELESS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BUT ALSO HIS HOPES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND A LIFE IN FREEDOM
THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN GERMAN
STIMMEN AUS DER STILLE
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR WOMEN IN A COUNTRY CHARACTERIZED BY PATRIARCHAL STRUCTURES, RELIGIOUS CONTROL AND DEEPLY ROOTED TRADITIONS?
THIS BOOK BRINGS TOGETHER ATMOSPHERIC SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF MAURITANIAN WOMEN AND THE STORIES ARE ABOUT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND REPRESSION BUT ALSO ABOUT A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE, CURIOSITY, PROTEST, LOVE, ESCAPE, AND CHANGE. AN IMPORTANT, RARE CONTEMPORARY TESTIMONY TO FEMALE SELF-ASSERTION IN A LARGELY ISOLATED STATE AND A CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
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