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A woman crosses a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had snatched her from Cyprus.
Stolen: Escape from Syria
What you need to know before your trail
In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria’s history, Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in Cyprus. Not knowing what lay ahead, the Irish mother tricked her ex-husband into believing she still loved him and wanted them to live together as a family, purely so that she could see her kidnapped child again.
Once in his homeland, Louise too was held captive, locked inside a run-down house day and night with little food and no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water, severely beaten by her ex-husband and abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her, she took her little girl and made a daring escape.
Locations
Reset- Cyprus - Limasol
- A: Limassol harbour
- B: Limassol - Zakak
- C: Tserkezoi - Lady's Mile Beach
Travel Guide
From Cyprus to Syria
The story takes place during one of the worst civil wars in Syria’s history. The county is more dangerous than normal and women and children in particular are controlled at the whim of men. An Irish woman living in Cyprus, married to a man who is from Syria makes for a harrowing story about interracial marriages and a stolen child.
Once in his homeland, Louise too was held captive, locked inside a run-down house day and night with little food and no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water, severely beaten by her ex-husband and abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her, she took her little girl and made a daring escape.
Her horrendous journey to freedom is via Lebanon before flying back to Ireland
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Stolen: Escape from Syria
Destination: Cyprus, Syria Author/Guide: Louise Monaghan Departure Time: 2000s
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