Seventeen's 'MY MOM TOOK ME OVERSEAS AND FORCED ME INTO BEING A TEEN BRIDE'
Amazing article from Seventeen Mag. Definitely worth the read, please check it out! "MY MOM TOOK ME OVERSEAS AND FORCED ME INTO BEING A TEEN BRIDE ALONE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, I HAD TO PLAN MY ESCAPE ON MY OWN." BY YASMINE KOENIG AS TOLD TO LIZ WELCH MAY 31, 2016 "I was 6 years old when my two older sisters went to Palestine to "visit family." At least that's what my mom told me. I was born in Chicago, like my sisters, but our parents are Palestinian, born in Jerusalem. I was four-months-old when our father died — he worked at a gas station and was shot during a robbery. After that, the four of us moved into the basement apartment of my mom's mother's house, where my sisters and I shared a room. I worshipped my oldest sister growing up. She was rebellious and loved pop music and makeup, which my grandmother and mother couldn't stand. We were raised Muslim, and while my mom didn't make us wear hijabs — head...