{"product_id":"born-different-iraqi-female-survivor-among-traditions-religion-and-war-1717952313","title":"BORN DIFFERENT: Iraqi Female Survivor Among Traditions, Religion and War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1717952313\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Becker, Wafaa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born in 1984, in between two wars-four years after the beginning of the Iraq-Iran War, which lasted seven years and ten months, and six years before Iraqs invasion of Kuwait-to a very poor family in the worst neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. I was born to an unloving, emotionally cold mother and an alcoholic father, and yet here I am now, a mother myself, and I could not love my daughter more. They named me Wafaa, which means loyalty, but I have never known what loyalty was in my life. The family I grew up in did not provide me with a refuge or a safe place; they were like strangers to me. I have seen too much hypocrisy in how they practiced their religion. My voice was muted for many years, but my hope and ambitions were louder. I was always seeking my mothers affection and love, but I was never seen or heard; rather, I was abused and wounded. I live everyday with what I have been through, but I believe there is a reason God wanted me to be born and to suffer. There is a hadith (saying of the Prophet Muhammad) in Islam: When God loves a people, he will test them. Maybe he was testing me or testing my strength\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51960176967968,"sku":"NEW1717952313","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/born-different-iraqi-female-survivor-among-traditions-religion-and-war-1717952313","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}