Heroine of the Desert

Reuniting distraught mothers with their children has turned into a life’s work for this incredibly courageous woman, who has ventured into countries where few would dare to go to attempt such acts of heroism, facing death threats and imprisonment on more than one occassion. 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 culture gap.