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Fauziya Kassindja

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Kpalimé, Togo

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Fauziya Kassindja was born in 1977 in Kpalimé, Togo, Africa. She is the author of Do They Hear You When You Cry, an autobiographical story of her refusal to submit to kakia, the Togo ritual of female genital mutilation, and a forced marriage. Fauziya fled Togo and traveled first to Germany, where she obtained a fake passport, and then to the United States where she immediately informed immigration officials that her documents were false and requested asylum. She was detained by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and imprisoned. Fauziya's family hired a law student, Layli Miller Bashir, to advocate for her asylum, who in turn enlisted the help of Karen Musalo, an expert in refugee law and then acting director of the American Unive ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 5,013 ratings · 327 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja, Layli Miller Bashir, Karen Musalo (Epilogue) 4.13 avg rating — 4,824 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Takes Ovaries! Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts by Rivka Solomon, Fauziya Kassindja (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ladies Home Journal (PATRICK SWAYZE , Lisa Swayze , Breast Cancer , Tired Or Sick ?, May 1998) by 50 Knockout Swimsuits (Introduction), Melina Gerosa (Composer), Patricia Velásquez (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in New Jersey and the United States by Ulla D. Berg (Contributor), Carolina Sanchez Boe (Contributor), Amy Gottlieb (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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