An
Australian girl who was kidnapped, beaten and married off to her older
cousin by her father’s family in Syria at the age of 13 has spoken out
about her horrific five-year ordeal for the first time.
Rania
Farrah (pictured above) was on what was meant to be a trip of a lifetime to Egypt to
visit the pyramids with her older brother but instead ended up being
turned into a child bride by her own family. Continue...
Appearing on Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes
on Sunday night, Ms Farrah revealed she planned to commit suicide if
her escape plan on her 18th birthday didn't work, and said: ‘I was just
in a depression the whole time I was there… I just thought of
Australia.’
Ms Farrah,
who grew up living in Sydney’s southwest and is the daughter of a
Syrian Muslim and his Australian convert wife, was married off to her
cousin who she had never met and endured terrible beatings after being
taken to Syria’s capital Damascus from Egypt.
Her
mother, who had previously fled Ms Farrah's father after 20 years of
violent marriage, knew about her daughter's kidnapping but told her
during phone calls from that she could not afford to bring her home to
Australia.
On arrival
in Damascus, Ms Farrah was subjected to a virginity test because her
father decided she had been under bad influences when in Year 7 at
school, when she started smoking cigarettes and talking to boys.
'They
wanted to check for my virginity. They said to enroll in a school they
needed to check I was a virgin,’ Ms Farrah explained.
She felt
'confusion and fear' as nurses came and held her down. After the
virginity test - despite the results showing she was indeed a virgin -
her father and brother beat her at her Auntie’s house.
'It’s quite a normal thing to kill your daughter for not being a virgin,' she noted.
On Sunday, Ms Farrah described her father as ‘an evil person, he’s the most evil person you’ll ever meet’.
Opening
up to Liz Hayes about the shocking crime of forced marriage that
affects hundreds of Australian women every year, she explained that she
shut off her emotions and played along with her family’s plan while
dreaming of her escape.
Living in a strict Muslim world, she attended an Islamic school and learned Arabic. 'I did all the things they asked me to do… I was taught how to pray and fast for Ramadan,' she said.
Her second
cousin, who she was forced to marry, was in his early thirties and Ms
Farrah avoided ‘eye contact’ and never spoke to him.
‘We
had the engagement party, I got given the gold… I put on the face. But I
didn’t feel anything because by that stage I was already planning my
escape.’
Ms
Farrah hatched an escape plan to return to Australia on her 18th
birthday and was helped by the British Embassy to return to Sydney.
A neighbour, who was around the same age as Ms Farrah, had passed her the phone number for the embassy.
But she had to wait until she was 18 before officials were legally allowed to help her.
When
she was legally an adult, they told her a woman would wait for her at
the Four Seasons hotel in Damascus. Ms Farrah crept out her house and
jumped into a taxi while her grandmother was asleep after morning
prayer.
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Evil dat men do even d devil dey fear... Thnk God for her life
Jst hate d religion dat supports child-marriage...
D evil dat men so even d devil dey fear.. Thnk God for her life
Evil dat men do even d devil dey fear... Thnk God for her life
Evil dat men do even d devil dey fear... Thnk God for her life
Bizarre!
What a cruel act by her father, which other betrayal equals this?
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Spooky tins happening evrywea! May God have mercy on us all! ogooakpa@yahoo.com
Wat a cruel world we live in....her father for that matter....*tufia*
Bizarre!
What a cruel act by her dad
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Hmmmmmmmm
So sad adenchidubem@gmail.com
What a horrible act, not only was the girl too young, she was also forced into incest, what a world
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YOBO AND KESHI RESIGNS
Dis world is somtin else
What a horrible act, not only was the girl too young, she was also forced into incest, what a world
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Such is life!
Chei nti m anujiola ihe, dis is nt marriage na pure modern day slavery oliination20@gmail.com
Sad. Really unfair
whoa!!! So terrible, its so bad and hurts so much if 1 suffers such from family. lvlylady247@gmail.com
Bikonu, are all these inhumanity to kids part of moslem religion way of life??
I seriously cannot understand this religion; some say it's not whilst others say it is..
May God help us all!
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Wow...dats quite horrific....jumoke.olaleye@yahoo.com
Evil dat men do nwadays even d devil is afraid.. Thnk God for her life
Na wha o, Is not in only Ojuelegba many things Dey happening, but around the world. God ll help us. ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥♡thanks ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥
Lord have mercy
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God please protect innocent children.
What the hell i thought there were maniacs only in Africa. And Islam nations
Hmmm that religion has more of bad than good influence on its worshippers........very bad
Thank God she made it back to Australia.
Be sure of this: the wicked shall not go unpunished. Prov. 11:21
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Sometimes I wonder and I still do wonder, the female gender have to face and endure a lot more than men do. The torture, rape, slavery, etc. Its aNnoying. Some men; fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins should be castrated honestly.
Wonders shall never end!!! uchechiudensi@gmail.com
poor thing, God save us from wicked idiots oh. All guys that are commenting try not to be like this chics father or brother...
enuff said.
Na wao! even ur own father? things people do !
STRANGE STORIES EVERY DAY
Serious
Quite unfortunate
Quite unfortunat. Ijhelen@yahoo.com
Na wa ooo,,,,may God 4giv thm..
Quite unfortunate ijhelen@yahoo.com
Nawaooo..shit happens ooo..Lovelyxtain22@gmail.com
The level of wickedness in Some humans increases drastically to its highest maximum, this man is too animalistic for dehumanizing his own daughter. He needs to be fried.
Her dad was very mean and callous
ALL THIS PAEDOPHILES SHOULD JUST BE HANGED ALREADY,COUSIN KE? GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS MUSLIM PEOPLE,s.imoh@yahoo.com
Feel so sorry 4 her,thankGod she escaped,most of dem aren't so lucky.
ALL THIS PAEDOPHILES SHOULD JUST BE HANGED ALREADY,COUSIN KE? GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS MUSLIM PEOPLE,s.imoh@yahoo.com
I think say na for 9ja(north) alone. Jewel
Hmmmm........lyk seriously end time things.beautymadu90@gmail.com
How pathetic
Lord have mercy!
Wat a sad story! Happy she escaped @ d end.
Mrs DAvido
The things that happens in other countries are more worse than the ones that happens in nigeria. God help your children
First to comment...
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It is so sad that girls are given off at a really young age. Kudos to the girl who was kidnapped because she emerged victorious in the end.
What kind of inhuman, wicked and barbaric religion are dis muslim practising. Wicked people. I taught dis is only happening in nigeria.
Mheeeen her father is a 'bastard'!!!!hw can he be so mean 2 his own daughter & @ such a young age???!!dis is a story beta imagined dan told...thank God 4 her escape from d horrible ordeal...Muslims though...sickening!!!
Devils in human form! Such men should be locked behind bars n d keys thrown into the ocean...
sleekchinny10@yahoo.com
Not fair. What cruelty!
This kind thing dey happen for that side?
And d same evil Nigeria was abt to practise.too bad.the mentality of dese muslims,jst too bad.imagine kidnapping ur own daughter,nw hw weird is that?
Na wa o...hmm!#jst passing#giftedchi@gmail.com
This is abomination
God have mercy
Wait abeg dem no kill d@ her person,cos if I wz d 1 I wil surely kill d man...I wonder if sum pple hv human feelns...
Wickedness of d highest order.
Nah wah ooooo..na by force to marry?
Linda I forgot to add my email. I've commented b4...cynthiaiyede01@yahoo.com
HM! NA WA OOOOOOOO..........
Ow cld e do dys 2 es own child#smh#...seyieavos@hotmail.com
so pathetic, goldings23@yahoo.com
Ehya... Sowie. Blame it on d family u wr born into
Wicked world we live in... its usually the muslims..smh
Hmmm...God dey oo!
Muslims nd deir wahala
MmMmMm Say NO TO CHILD BRIDE..
SCHOOLU THEM DONT BRIDE THEM
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And this is what they want to start in nigeria abi? Mtcheew , diaris god o.
Mrs.A.
First off... linda, I do not think a 13yrs old can be kidnapped by her family per-say, especially since she was not bagged.
2ndly, granted child marriage is bad, but I hv come to learn and understand hw important virginity of their daught is to these families. Most of them wld rather marry off their 5 yr old daughter rather than let her loose her virginity.
And what the heck was a 7th grader doing smoking? I think she was married to her cousin becoz she was no longer a virgin. Trying to keep the "shame" in the family.
Plz dnt ask me what the big deal is ... virgin or no virgin (personally, I cldnt care less), bit I think its lile asking an igbo man what the big deal about their "outcast system" is
First off... linda, I do not think a 13yrs old can be kidnapped by her family per-say, especially since she was not bagged.
2ndly, granted child marriage is bad, but I hv come to learn and understand hw important virginity of their daught is to these families. Most of them wld rather marry off their 5 yr old daughter rather than let her loose her virginity.
And what the heck was a 7th grader doing smoking? I think she was married to her cousin becoz she was no longer a virgin. Trying to keep the "shame" in the family.
Plz dnt ask me what the big deal is ... virgin or no virgin (personally, I cldnt care less), bit I think its lile asking an igbo man what the big deal about their "outcast system" is
Endtimes
Na wa o,so its everywhere.o maa gaa o.
In this recent world people still get to go through all these...smh
some People with abnormal mentality
some people need brain cleaner
THANK GOD, she Excape
BORN TO SHINE!!!
That is so bad!how can u subject your child to this kind of life?thank God for d liberty we have in Christ.
Na wa o..
C.E.O
dats wickedness,babe buy rat poison.
Wickedness in high places, when will all this people learn to receive salvation? Islam this Islam that Y?
I thought this only happens in Nigeria.. Child marriage what wicked world..
I really think its not about religion anymore but wickedness of man.
Na wa ooo
If not for lust, evil and selfish laws, what would a 30 years old man be doing with a teenager? They marry these girls, use them and marry another once the first turns 25/30 years. Women are being manipulated and abused in the name of religion and traddition. In Abuja its a common thing to see the moslem girl at about that age chasing after the christian man seeking attentiom because of course Alhaji is tired and bored. They are not as romantic as the southern women either. They are ready to spend anything to get a mans attention. God free these people. Koko.
Even oyibo sef dey do child bride. Wonderful!
Smh
So child abuse,under age marriage,forced marriage exiist in Australia,the so called advance country?
wow ,wow wow, what a wicked father. God will deal with him... ah
Its well! Pretex4luv@yahoo.com
God have mercy, what a disaster! Married @ 13!!!
Where is d world turning to::::::::::hmmmmmm
This just reminds me that there are many women out there who are not enjoying the limited freedom we women over here have. She is a very brave woman. I hope she will be able to move on with her life.Its quite unfortunate that in these types of situations, the father or his family cannot be charged with committing a crime so he goes scot free..
I feel for this girl, traumatized and terrified right from the age of 13. How can her father behave so beastly to his flesh and blood. We as individuals have the right to choose our religion. This world is truly coming to an end coz the stories we hear everyday is quite disturbing. #PICCANTO#lausmithuj@gmail.com
Hmmm nw wa.. Muslims and their cruelty..
Muslims all over the world have violent spirit, demonised animals marrying children and claiming God sent them. i dislike this kind of belief with passion. unfortunately the yoruba muslims are not like this, its the hausas and all these aliens in those God-forsaken countries that have this brutal devilish behaviour. May God save us from ndi nmo.
Oh no...dis is just so sad.
without any fear or mincing words, Islam/Muslims are hard hearthered beings. Most of dem are just wicked 2 dere born marrows.
Wen a father can do dis 2 his own child, talk more of others. #Wicked Generation
People should realize that there's difference between culture and religion.
Pls hw z dis our problem. wehave gigantic issues in dis country. football we no win, chibok gurls we neva bring back, lagos is getting flooded, no solution, doctors still owed salaries, schools on strike, and d height of it all boko haram neva die.
Pls hw z dis our problem. wehave gigantic issues in dis country. football we no win, chibok gurls we neva bring back, lagos is getting flooded, no solution, doctors still owed salaries, schools on strike, and d height of it all boko haram neva die.
May God punish the person that introduced Islam as a religion.What a barbaric act from a stupid set of people.Same religion that allows a 45yr old man to marry a 13yr old girl (that happened in Kano)...Jeez! They aint tired of killing innocent souls even during the so called Ramadan period.Yet they will say islam is a religion of peace...imagine that.Islam is a religion of Shit/killers
May God punish the person that introduced Islam as a religion.What a barbaric act from a stupid set of people.Same religion that allows a 45yr old man to marry a 13yr old girl (that happened in Kano)...Jeez! They aint tired of killing innocent souls even during the so called Ramadan period.Yet they will say islam is a religion of peace...imagine that.Islam is a religion of Shit/killers
Life isn't supposed to be like this. Islam is s'posed to be a religion of peace. And is that man even really her father? And that crazy pervert her cousin? Cruel world
Horrific experience! May God give her the grace to forget her torture. God save us from false Islamic practice.
Linda, u just go about digging out all these stories so christains can come and lash out at muslims again on your blog. You are one of the greatest problems among yoiths in nigeria. Linda ikeji, u will answer wen the time comes.
Linda, you should get a better IT persons to work on your website, this slow upload and delay publish is becoming alarming!!!!!
Nah muslim family.
Nawaoooooo
and it goes on..keeps getting worse...bad news everywhere...Linda,i cld really do good with dat ur giveaway...u knw..put a lil smile on my face in d face of all d nad news...seems its only bad people dt exist now in Nigeria and d world at large...if 50k no reach me,i go manage 25k aswear...oya abeg
sometimes I place me hand under my chin and support my head and look up to the sky and imagine this world without ISLAM and all i see in that imaginative world is soo much peace and stability
that man rocks EVIL like music.........................His own daughter?
Wickedness from the religion of Islam, just look at the countries mentioned, all predominantly islamic countries. When will you moderate muslims open your eyes and see you follow a barbaric faith that condones and justifies pedophilia, murder and all sorts of atrocities againt the human race
Pls shut up if you dont have somfin constructive to say.
All of you hypocrite christians didn't blame Christianity for that ritualistic pastor o! But now that a ,us lim is involved you start blaming Islam. Thunder fire your mouths!
CHRISTIANITY = HYPOCRISY + LIES
All of you hypocrite christians didn't blame Christianity for that ritualistic pastor o! But now that a Muslim is involved you start blaming Islam. Thunder fire your mouths!
CHRISTIANITY = HYPOCRISY + LIES
If there's sth am not doing right tell me,so I'll know your reasons of not posting my comments @ikejiofor linda
This is the reason why men should start carrying pregnancies so that they know how it feels when they throw a woman's labour and hardwork to the bushes
May God purnish you for that blasphemy.muslims are not perfect but islam is and there is differnce between culture and religion...fear what yo dont know.
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