Sfigurata

Synopsis of Sfigurata

On October 4, 2004, Rania al-Baz, one of the very few television journalists in Saudi Arabia, was brutally beaten by her second husband. The photos of her face, fractured in 14 places, went around the world, and she became a new symbol for those fighting for women's rights in Islamic countries. With this book, Rania wants to send a strong message: "Men, stop the violence." It is a dramatic story, yet common to many other Muslim women: a childhood with an authoritarian father, a first arranged marriage at 15, the shame of divorce, the loneliness and struggle to rebuild a new professional and personal life, and the violence of her husband. It is a story of rebellion in the name of freedom, but also of fear.