Rebelka (slovensky) – Muhammad Rahaf (2022)

A gripping biographical story about the courage and sacrifices of a young woman who escaped from a tyrannical family and an oppressive culture in Saudi Arabia, captivating the whole world. In early 2019, after careful three-year planning, Rahaf Muhammad managed to flee from her family in Saudi Arabia. However, she only made it to Bangkok, where her passport was taken from her. If she had been forced to return home, she would surely have been killed like other rebels in her country. Therefore, she barricaded herself in a hotel room and opened a Twitter account. At that time, officials were already knocking on her door with orders to take her to the airport. The teenager reached out to the world through social media, and the world responded – in just one day, she gained forty-five thousand followers who ultimately helped her apply for asylum in the West. Rahaf has now shared her remarkable story in her own words. She revealed the unspoken truths about life in a closed kingdom, where young women are raised in a system that suppresses their rights and hands control over them to their male guardians. Rahaf, growing up with enormous financial privileges but under the watchful eye of male relatives, including her father, a prominent politician, experienced a childhood full of daily...