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Audio slideshow: Fatima's story Audio slideshow: Fatima's story
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Fatima contacted the BBC World Service citizen journalism project, Your Story, because she wanted to share her experiences of sexual abuse growing up within a strict Muslim family in Abu Dhabi.Fatima contacted the BBC World Service citizen journalism project, Your Story, because she wanted to share her experiences of sexual abuse growing up within a strict Muslim family in Abu Dhabi.
She suffered many years of abuse before she finally told her mother what had been going on.She suffered many years of abuse before she finally told her mother what had been going on.
Fatima is now 26. She lives in the United States America where she has just been given asylum and citizenship after establishing that she would be in danger if she returned to her home country. Fatima is now 26. She lives in the United States of America where she has just been given asylum and citizenship after establishing that she would be in danger if she returned to her home country.
Publication date 27 March 2009This slideshow has no captionsPublication date 27 March 2009This slideshow has no captions
Produced by Emma Lynch and Alicia Trujillo.Produced by Emma Lynch and Alicia Trujillo.