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Mid-East Junction

Freedom at any cost: Saudi woman escapes to France

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In this week's Mid-East Junction, we meet Julia*, a young woman who escaped her life and marriage by force in Saudi Arabia to find freedom in France. 

Julia at home in France
Julia at home in France Julia
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She, like hundreds of others of women caught in the oppressive male guardianship system in the kingdom, are choosing to risk everything for a life where a woman is respected and ultimately free to make her own decisions.

*Her name has been changed for security reasons

You can read more about it here

 

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