Raif Badawi: The Voice of Freedom - My Husband, Our Story

The whole world knows the face of the young man with the bright black eyes. He is in the process of becoming an icon, a symbol, similar to the famous photo of Che Guevara. The face is that of Raif Badawi, who was nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Arrested in Saudi Arabia, he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and 1000 lashes - a de facto death sentence.

The woman who succeeded in getting such people as Barack Obama and Prince Charles to appeal personally to the Saudi King for Badawi's release is his wife, Ensaf Haidar, who began the campaign to free her husband with a self-painted poster in front of a small church in Sherbrooke, Canada.

When Raif Badawi and Ensaf Haidar fell in love with each other as adolescents, they did so in violation of every moral precept in the strictly Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During their clandestine love affair, the young couple had no idea that, more than a decade later, Ensaf's love for Raif would attract the attention of politicians from around the world as the blogger's wife now mobilises global public opinion in an effort to save her husband from murder at the hands of the Saudi judiciary. With a courage born of desperation, she is fighting from exile in Canada to secure the release of the father of her three children, and is bringing great pressure to bear on the murderous regime in her native country.

Ensaf Haidar tells Raif's and her own story: the story of their shared liberal ideas and her fight for her husband's release.

About the author

Ensaf Haidar is married to Raif Badawi and is president of the Raif Badawi Foundation. She lives in Canada with her children.http://andreachoffmann.com/

Summary

A powerful and moving account of the treatment of Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger sentenced to 1000 lashes, as well as the story of his wife and their family's struggle.

Product details

• Authors: Ensaf Haidar, Haidar Ensaf, Andrea C Hoffmann, Andrea C. Hoffmann
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 31.08.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9780349141978
• ISBN: 978-0-349-14197-8
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Autobiography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Saudi Arabia, Social networking, Social media / social networking, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern