Qatar Confessions E-Book

A.K.Aaron

• Herausgeber: Abaya Books
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Claire Aaron has mysteriously disappeared in Qatar, a Middle Eastern superpower. This tiny desert peninsula jutting into the Arabian-Persian Gulf is the setting for Qatar Confessions, a multicultural fiction series influenced by imaginative reality. After an exhaustive search for his missing and pregnant wife that uncovers few clues, Claire’s husband publishes a portion of her research in a desperate effort to locate her.Each book in the series contains a collection of twenty narratives that will inspire you to look at life through a different lens. These provocative sketches reveal powerful and touching first-person viewpoints that create an ornate tapestry of life tortured by societal taboos. Take an odyssey into a complex world you will find both captivating and at times, shocking.In Book One Secret Taboos, you will discover hidden reasons for a young bride’s honor killing, understand a medical student’s inner conflict with cousin-marriage and feel one woman’s emotional pain from polygamy. You will experience the entanglements of a forbidden love affair, explore the female strengths of the famous 'Vagina Stadium', learn the horrors of a Nigerian mother’s personal account of female genital mutilation and gain an understanding of the power of the evil eye. These are just a few examples of the compelling stories shared in this series.This essential travel anthology of Qatar offers vital visitor information and expat business insights while illuminating cross-cultural intrigue that explores the fragile limits of truth and fiction. Do you want a rare peek behind the Arabian Gulf’s veil of secrecy? The Qatar Confessions Series will give you that and more. It is a cultural expose’ on steroids!

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A.K. Aaron

Qatar Confessions

Secret Taboos

ISBN: 978-0-9975356-0-0

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Table of contents

Prologue

Marriage Taboos

Chapter 1: The Marriage Knot Sarra

Chapter 2: Kissing Cousins Fatemeh

Chapter 3: Blind Bride Hussah

Chapter 4: No Hymen, No Husband Bella

Chapter 5: Polygamy and Me Muzah

Expat Views

Chapter 6: Expat in Qatar Beth

Chapter 7: Scapegoat John

Chapter 8: Clean Qatar Jacob

Chapter 9: Cuban Connection Isabella

Chapter 10: The Vagina Stadium Ursula

Secret Thoughts

Chapter 11: I Hate You Expat Alia

Chapter 12: Set Me Free Khalid

Chapter 13: Secret Love Maryam

Chapter 14: Blood Money Rita

Chapter 15: The Evil Eye Aisha

Sexual Taboos

Chapter 16: The Cut Beyond Cruel Adeola

Chapter 17: Chastity Lost Misha

Chapter 18: Gay Cure Abdullah

Chapter 19: Third Gender Maseo

Chapter 20: Stoned Safan

Epilogue

Glossary

Bibliography

Web Resources

Notes

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Warning: Some of the content of this book contains graphic and adult subject matter. Reader discretion advised.

Prologue

Claire disappeared on March 3, 2017, the same day she had planned to travel to America from Qatar. I first learned that something was wrong when Jane, one of our neighbors in Qatar, texted me. It was a brief message that urged me to contact her. I stepped out of my business conference and called her.

Jane was frantic. “Something is wrong. I know it.” I tried to remain calm to encourage her to do the same. “Go on Jane. Take your time. Please.” There was a slight pause before her response.

“I saw a taxi come to pick up Claire. The driver waited over half an hour, and I heard him honking his horn. Then he left without a passenger.” Her voice was shaking as she continued the story, “I saw Claire yesterday, and she told me you were in New York on business. She said she would be flying out today to see you and her family in the States. It seemed strange when the taxi came, and she didn’t take it. Something didn’t feel right to me. So, I went to your villa and peeked in the front window. Her suitcases were there, inside the door. I saw her purse hanging on the kitchen doorknob. I knocked and yelled several times but no Claire. I felt something was wrong, so I called the police.”