Heroine of the Desert

Donya Al-Nahi is an angel of mercy to hundreds of British women who have had their children taken away from them by Middle Eastern fathers who may not want their children exposed to a liberal, Western upbringing. Reuniting distraught mothers with their children has turned into a life's work for this incredibly courageous woman. Told with sincere compassion and brutal honesty, Donya's stories are at once heart stopping adventures, yet also are a telling reflection on what can go wrong when people marry across the cultural gap.

Donya Al-Nahi assists women who have had their children taken from them: snatched by their own fathers, usually Middle Eastern men who take the children from residency in the West back to their countries of origin.