The Butterfly's Cage, is the heart wrenching, inspiring true story
of a young Pakistani woman's flight to freedom. Suffering familial
abuse, tyranny and disownment as a result of refusing to submit to
the abuse received by not one but two violent husbands, Shahnaz*
opens the doors to a hidden world, illustrating how cultural values
can allow human rights violations to prosper and the cost of
reputation is integrity, respect and love. Born into a wealthy
family with homes in both Britain and Pakistan, she was forced to
give up school at the age of 12 in order to care for her younger
brothers. There followed two arranged marriages, to a violent, drug
addicted, petty criminal and then to a vicious, controlling sadist.
Her family ignored her pleas to escape her marital hell, instead
casting her as the wicked, immoral daughter whose selfish desires
threatened to damage the family's reputation. After years of abuse
and intimidation in both England and Pakistan, Shahnaz fled the
family homes to try to start a new life in London with her young
daughter only to be lured back to Pakistan under false pretences.
Stripped of her possessions and kept under house arrest, Shahnaz
was in constant fear of her life for a further 18 months, enduring
brutal beatings and diabolical threats to her life. Through her
intelligence, courage and unwavering fortitude alone, Shahnaz
overcame adversity, won her freedom, her family's acceptance and
now lives in England with her daughter and third husband, embarking
on a career in social care. Six years on, wishing to reveal the
pain and suffering that can be caused by misguided cultural
attitudes and social values, Shahnaz has written her story.
*Shahnaz is not her real name - she does not want herself or her
family to be identified
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