Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe ÒAt the age of sixteen, I was forced into my first marriage. I did not fully understand what sexual intercourse was. My husband demanded divorce when I complained about his sexual abuse to me. I was pregnant then. My son was taken away from me and given for adoption on the same day I gave birth. They never allowed me to even breastfeed him. I col
Part of the series Hush Ñ a project that maps the various stories of a group of Palestinian women, each of whom Ñ for one reason or another Ñ became a victim of gender-based violence and was consequently placed in a shelter or a so-called safe ÒAt the age of sixteen, I was forced into my first marriage. I did not fully understand what sexual intercourse was. My husband demanded divorce when I complained about his sexual abuse to me. I was pregnant then. My son was taken away from me and given for adoption on the same day I gave birth. They never allowed me to even breastfeed him. I collapsed. I can never forget.Ó - Ahlam.
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