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STOLEN FAMILY CAPTIVE
In Saudi Arabia
Johanne Durocher, Translated by JC Sutcliffe
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Johanne Durocher fights to free her daughter and four grandchildren from a nightmarish life of abuse and poverty in Saudi Arabia.
Publication: CANADA August 01, 2023 | U.S. August 29, 2023
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5.5 in (W)
8.5 in (H)
248 pages
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In a shocking story of human rights abuses, Quebecer Johanna Durocher has worked for years to bring her daughter and four grandchildren out of Saudi Arabia, where they face an abusive home life and limits on their personal freedoms
Nathalie Morin has been a captive in her husband's home since 2005, and although she can return to Canada, her four children cannot leave Saudi Arabia; Nathalie will not leave without her children
Gives an insider's glimpse at the lack of women's rights in Saudi Arabia, where Nathalie and her four children are considered her husband's property
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BIO022000 - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
BIO002040 - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Arab & Middle Eastern
BIO032000 - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
SOC032000 - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
About The Author
Johanne Durocher grew up in Montreal’s South Shore. The mother of three children, she is now retired. For eighteen years, the fight to liberate her daughter and grandchildren has been at the heart of her life.
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Stuck in an abusive relationship with her four children, Nathalie Morin’s nightmarish life in Saudi Arabia sent her mother on a decades-long journey to bring her daughter and grandchildren home to Montreal.
In 2001, Nathalie Morin was just seventeen when she met Saeed, a Saudi man who claimed to be studying in Montreal. She fell in love with him and then became pregnant, but soon afterward Saeed was deported back to his country of origin. When Nathalie was twenty, she decided to join him in Saudi Arabia with her son, Samir, confident that she would be able to return to Canada whenever she wanted. But a trap was closing around her — her partner turned out to be violent and authoritarian.
According to Saudi law, Nathalie was considered married and thus under Saeed’s legal authority. All too often she was shut away in her own house, a place of hellish poverty. In 2005, Johanne Durocher, Nathalie’s mother, began her struggle to get Nathalie back home to Canada with her four children: Samir, Abdullah, Sarah, and Fowaz. While Nathalie is allowed to return on her own, her children cannot leave Saudi Arabia without their father’s consent. And Nathalie will not leave without them.
Johanne has left no stone unturned in her efforts to fight her daughter’s case: she has approached governments, embassies, NGOs, media, politicians, and more. Although her hopes have been raised several times, nothing has led to bringing her family home. This book tells the story of her fight.
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