Latifa Character Analysis

was cursed, after his divorce returned to Iraq, he had the right of ownership of his daughter, Latifa. He prison Latifa, abused her and did not let her work a job. He was expected traditional marriage for his daughter without knowing a dangerous secret that has. 3. Bian: is Latifa's mother, she was born in Dohuk, Iraq. Bian was an attractive woman so her father kept her home from school and gave her a brilliant education at home. She got married, Khalid, when she was 15 years old in Mousl. After giving birth Latifa and her brother ran away with her husband to the West. She worked at a radio station in Sydney, helped the Kurds financially, she settled in Germany after her divorce and remarried. She betrayed her daughter, Latifa, after Latifa refused a marriage proposal from
Describe one social or interpersonal issue that is dealt with in the book.
* The social issue in the story can be represented by refusing a marriage proposal that Latifa's mother has approved. It reflects the problem of the mother's ability to understand and to be a friend to her
Latifa lived as a free girl in West, but she lost her virginity in Germany by her cousin. Latifa's mother tricked her into returning to the homeland to see a sick relative after Latifa refused the marriage of her mother's choice, then, she took Latifa’s passport and her phones book and left her stranded without any opportunity to communicate with the western world with her father who divorced and return to Kurdistan, he was expected his daughter to marry the Islamic way without knowing the dangerous secret that hide, which leads to subject to an honor killing. In Iraq, Latifa finds herself in conflict with her culture and customs. She planned to obtain escape route, seemed desperate, worked as a spy, consorted with UN and run for the