Table Of ContentAll
those
interested
in
how
humans
overcome
adversity
must
read
this
book.
Yasmine
is
one
of
the
bravest
people
of
our
time.
She
is
a
shining
example
to
all
of
us.
~Ayaan
Hirsi
Ali,
author
of
Infidel
U n v e i l e d
How
Western
Liberals
Empower
Radical
Islam
Y a s m i n e
M o h a m m e d
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All
those
interested
in
how
humans
overcome
adversity
must
read
this
book.
Yasmine
is
one
of
the
bravest
people
of
our
time.
She
is
a
shining
example
to
all
of
us.
Ayaan
Hirsi
Ali,
author
of
Infidel
Too
many
of
us
fail
to
realize
that
the
principal
victims
of
the
unspeakable
cruelty
that
fervent
adherence
to
Islam
inspires
(not
to
mention
the
bossy
control-freakery
that
invades
even
minute
details
of
everyday
life)
are
Muslims
themselves.
Especially
women.
Yasmine
Mohammed’s
heartrending,
brave,
and
beautifully
written
book
brings
this
home
in
a
way
that
should
finally
change
the
minds
of
even
the
most
deeply
misguided
apologists
in
our
well-meaning
liberal
midst.
Richard
Dawkins,
author
of
The
God
Delusion
Women
and
freethinkers
in
traditional
Muslim
communities
inherit
a
double
burden.
If
they
want
to
live
in
the
modern
world,
they
must
confront
not
only
the
theocrats
in
their
homes
and
schools,
but
many
secular
liberals—whose
apathy,
sanctimony,
and
hallucinations
of
“racism”
throw
yet
another
veil
over
their
suffering.
In
Unveiled,
Yasmine
Mohammed
accepts
this
challenge
as
courageously
as
anyone
I’ve
ever
met,
putting
the
lie
to
the
dangerous
notion
that
criticizing
the
doctrine
of
Islam
is
a
form
of
bigotry.
Let
her
wisdom
and
bravery
inspire
you.
Sam
Harris,
author
of
The
End
of
Faith
Insider
personal
accounts
form
powerful
testimonies.
Deeply
moving,
at
times
depressing
but
filled
with
hope
for
what
can
be,
instead
of
what
is,
Yasmine’s
story
is
no
exception.
Ex-Muslim
women
are
likely
to
be
the
most
oppressed
minority
group
around
the
world.
Name
one
other
personal
choice
that
can
lead
to
honour-based
violence
coupled
with
mob
execution
in
countries
that
we
consider
our
allies.
No
liberal
is
worth
their
salt
if
they
neglect
these
minorities
within
minorities.
And
Muslims
worldwide
must
recognize
this
tyranny
within
our
ranks.
I
hope
Yasmine’s
brave
personal
account
can
contribute
to
raising
such
desperately
needed
awareness.
Maajid
Nawaz,
author
of
Radical
Yasmine
Mohammed
is
a
very
courageous
woman
and
a
shining
example
for
all
women
who
have
faced
abuse
either
under
the
guise
of
religion
or
culture.
Yasmine's
story
is
tragic
and
compelling
at
the
same
time.
She
weathered
something
no
human
should
endure.
Her
story
is
also
one
of
tenacity
and
courage
because
"There
is
no
excuse
for
Abuse"
Raheel
Raza,
author
of
Their
Jihad,
not
my
Jihad
Table
of
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Prologue
Violence
I
Prayer
Submission
I
Egypt
Honour
Secret
Santa
Abuse
Jews
Submission
II
Hijab
Muslim
School
Betrayal
Mothers
Depression
I
Tiffers
Abandoned
Depression
II
Finding
My
Feet
Home
Submission
III
Violence
II
My
Baby
Al
Qaeda
Escape
House
Arrest
On
Our
Own
The
Elephant
Freedom
Doubt
Rebuilding
Wayne
Doha
Love
Fighting
Back
Hope
Acknowledgments
For
Tiffers
Dedication
This
book
is
for
every
person
who
feels
crushed
under
the
enormous
pressure
and
terrifying
threats
of
Islam.
I
hope
my
story
helps
you
and
inspires
you
to
break
free
and
spread
your
own
gorgeous
wings.
This
book
is
also
for
those
of
you
who
feel
compelled
to
demonize
all
Muslims.
I
hope
you
will
see
that
we
are
all
just
human
beings
and
that
we
all
battle
our
own
demons.
This
book
is
for
anyone
who
feels
a
duty
to
defend
Islam
from
scrutiny
and
criticism.
I
hope
you
will
see
that
whenever
you
deflect
criticism,
you
are
deflecting
the
light
from
shining
on
millions
of
people
imprisoned
in
darkness.
And
last,
but
most
definitely
not
least,
this
book
is
for
my
fellow
warriors.
My
fellow
ex-Muslims,
my
fellow
atheists,
my
fellow
freethinkers,
and
my
fellow
troublemakers.
Foreword
By
Rick
Fabbro
At
11:26
a.m.
on
July
17,
2018,
my
phone
dinged.
I
am
never
sure
which
ding
is
associated
with
which
app
so
I
started
scrolling
through
email,
Facebook,
Twitter,
the
word
games
I
play
with
my
friends;
finally
I
opened
a
messaging
text.
“Hi
Mr.
Fabbro.
I
was
your
Gr
8
Drama
student
in
1988/89
.
.
.
I
am
not
sure
if
you
remember
me
.
.
.”
Upon
reading
the
message
my
heart
took
a
little
skip.
Quiet
tears
wetted
my
cheeks.
“Yasmine,
not
only
do
I
remember
you,
I
have
thought
about
you
many,
many
times
over
the
last
30
years!”
With
intense
clarity,
a
memory
once
again
came
to
mind
of
a
courageous
thirteen-year-old
girl
sitting
across
from
me
in
my
office
describing
horrors
perpetrated
upon
her
that
challenge
one’s
ability
to
believe
that
a
human
being
could
be
so
cruel
to
another,
let
alone
another
so
helpless
and
harmless.
She
pledged
determination
to
take
her
story
to
the
authorities
who
would
rescue
her
from
her
dreadful
homelife.
Authorities
were
engaged,
and
I
didn’t
see
her
again.
I
assumed
she
was
whisked
off
to
a
safe
home
and
eventually
all
would
be
well.
At
the
end
of
the
year,
I
transferred
to
a
different
school
and
was
left
wondering
about
how
Yasmine’s
future
played
out.
“I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you.
Things
didn’t
work
out,
as
the
judge
deemed
it
‘cultural
freedom’
for
my
family
to
abuse
me.”
My
heart
sank.
Now,
instead
of
merely
wondering
how
her
life
evolved
over
the
last
thirty
years,
questions
burned
in
me.
We
arranged
to
meet.
We
hugged.
We
talked
and
cried.
She
asked
me
to
read
a
draft
of
this
book.
Unveiled
tells
the
whole
compelling
story.
It
answers
the
questions.
Family
forces,
government
forces,
religious
and
cultural
forces
all
tried
to
exert
their
power
over
her.
This
book,
despite
moments
when
she
feels
defeated,
tells
how
her
courage
and
determination
prevail.
This
is
an
important
book
not
just
for
the
gripping
personal
story
she
shares,
but
because
her
story
is
not
unique.
Yas’
is
a
voice
that
must
be
heard
by
people
everywhere
feeling
oppressed
by
powers
hindering
their
opportunity
to
live
a
free
life.
~
Rick
Fabbro
I
have
found
it
impossible
to
talk
to
anyone
about
my
problems.
I
couldn’t
face
the
embarrassment,
and
anyway
I
lack
the
courage.
Any
courage
I
had
was
knocked
out
of
me
when
I
was
young.
But
now,
all
of
sudden
I
have
a
sort
of
desperate
wish
to
tell
everything
to
somebody.
~
Roald
Dahl,
Matilda
Prologue
The
fact
that
I
grew
up
Muslim
should
be
nothing
more
than
a
distant
memory.
I
broke
away
from
that
world
in
2004.
But
the
traumatic
world
I
was
born
into
has
defined
me.
It’s
in
my
bones.
It
runs
in
my
blood.
I
can’t
escape
it.
I
had
thought
I
could
escape
it.
I
would
start
over,
redefine
myself,
live
my
life
on
my
own
terms.
But
I
realized
that
I
can’t
escape
my
own
self.
The
very
connections
in
my
mind,
the
visceral
reactions
of
my
body—I
have
no
control
over
any
of
that.
And
I
can’t
reconstruct
myself.
At
times,
I
think
that
I
might
have
overcome
it
all,
that
I
might
be
able
to
live
a
“normal”
life.
But
as
soon
as
my
guard
is
down,
a
dormant
memory
rears
its
ugly
head.
The
soil
I
grew
up
on,
the
water
that
nourished
me,
it
was
all
poisoned
with
deceit,
fear,
lies,
treachery,
anger,
sadness,
and
lots
and
lots
of
abuse.
I
may
look
like
a
healthy
tree
on
the
outside,
but
the
truth
is
hidden
inside
my
roots.
I
manage
to
fool
everyone
around
me.
Friends
who
I
have
known
for
years
have
no
clue.
They
say
things
like,
“But
you
seem
so
normal!”
and
“How
are
you
not
a
basket
case?”
and
“I
never
would
have
guessed!”
Even
my
husband
can’t
reconcile
the
stories
of
this
girl
whose
life
is
so
far
removed
from
his
own
with
the
woman
he
fell
in
love
with.
We
met
a
few
years
after
I
had
severed
ties
with
my
family.
I
was
by
no
means
healed,
but
I
had
learned
to
swallow
my
pain.
There
was
no
outlet.
No
one
would
understand.
I
knew
it
made
people
uncomfortable
to
talk
about
Islam.
So
I
just
pushed
it
all
aside.
It
wasn’t
until
years
after
I
had
left
Islam
that
I
would
stumble
upon
Bill
Maher’s
Facebook
page.
Ex-Muslims
were
responding
to
Ben
Affleck’s
reaction
to
Sam
Harris
criticizing
Islam.
His
cries
of
gross
and
racist
are
legendary
now,
almost
cliché.
I
had
never
even
heard
the
term
ex-Muslim
before
that.
I
had
no
idea
there
were
others
like
me.
I
kept
my
sordid
secrets
to
myself.
My
life
is
not
politically
correct.
I
do
not
fit
the
preferred
narrative.
My
life
story
is
an
uncomfortable
truth,
and
people
much
prefer
their
comfortable
lies.
But
their
reaction
to
Ben
Affleck’s
rant
made
me
want
to
get
involved.
Sam
Harris,
a
neuroscientist
and
the
author
of
a
groundbreaking
book
called
The
End
of
Faith
,
was
on
Bill
Maher’s
show
in
October
2014
talking
about
Islam
in
his
signature
commanding
yet
soft-spoken
manner.
He
approached
the
topic
