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Bride of Islam: The True Story of My Marriage To An Iranian

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I had to stop reading because I felt guilty participating in this slander to other's culture. She must be supported by some nasty hate group. Everything about this seemed coming from someone who didn't know the culture at all, so I think it's pure fiction and a bad one. I know the Iranian culture well and have lived there.
Hope you enjoy the money you're making by slandering a whole culture. What goes around comes around.

The only thing I got from wasting my precious time on the first two chapters of this book was disdain at the lengths people are going to to stain third world countries by presenting tunnel vision views of their social systems.

I know many women who are happily married to the Middleeastern men. This books does not do justice to those people. It is waste of time+ money.

After reading the first 3 chapters of the book, it was obvious that the story was more fiction than real. Historical & geographical claims in the book do not match the facts, writing does not pay attention to details & the supposed story teller presents a narrow vision into events.
It felt like I spent 2 bucks & 2 hours of my time to fix a broken dime!!

It's obvious this author is clueless about Iranian culture, otherwise she would not pick an image of a woman wearing a niqab in a country where women never cover their faces in such a way. I think she mistook Iran with Saudi Arabi.

How can you judge other nation's culture with somebody's experience?You mean if a Middle-eastern women be with some western bloke and they make them suffer,Mid-easterners have to go round and publish books about it?From my point of view you haven't got a clue about Persian culture.Persian empire long existed before Arabs ruin the world.

I rate the book a 1, because most people who write stories on middle-eastern people are abusive write it for money and critcizing middle-eastern people and if her story is true what the point of writing it to degrade persians? to make other Ethnicities not marry persians? and also in the story she only takes about the abuse not the good.
From
Ryan -A true Iranian

age 12

This is an exceptionally well written account of marriage to one of another culture. It is a must read for those who may be considering such an alliance. Ms. Mohammedi alerts her readers to the unknown practices which are common to those from nations whose culture is alien to ours in America.

Truly a fantastic and dramatic account of a young girl's journey into the Islamic world of a Moslem husband. When Sandra enters into marriage at sixteen, her romantic visions of love and marriage are immediately crushed under the cruel hand of her sadistic husband as he emotionally and physically torments her. She gives the reader a rare opportunity to look into an intriguing world that so few are privileged to ever see. Any reader will find her story shocking and informative in regards to what really goes on in some Moslem marriages in the States and in Iran. Her heartfelt words and courage are inspirational to any woman, but most especially to those who might be thinking about entering into a multicultural marriage between a Moslem and a Christian. Although Sandra began her innocent journey as a naive young woman, she emerged from the sorrowful ordeal with a dynamic determination to make a better life for her and her twin sons. A great read for anyone.

At first when I started reading this book I wasn't sure I really cared about anyone's account of marriage to a foreigner. After the 3rd page I was hooked!

Sandra brings us intimate details of her life, thoughts, and trials with her husband. This helped me appreciate being married to an American male.

Her life with Houdi is one of a young woman totally in love, but then the bomb drops, only bringing Sandra into a web of unimaginable deceit and fear. Her voice in detail is the cry of most women in one form or another, the details and subtleties often ignored across time and space. As I walked the path of Sandra's story, I found myself relating to her with my own life as a woman.

It would be nice to have more stories such as these; stories for women to wake-up to the small and large injustices and inconsiderations we put on each other as females and the general assumptions of society about one another. Our world could be improved upon when others seek true wisdom in acts of love and attention that we can utilize for a better world.