Escaping from Child Slavery
The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 20, 2014
Shyima Hall tells about being sold into slavery by her was desperately poor parents when she was 8 years old in Egypt. She moved to Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them 18 hours a day, seven days a week. When her captors moved to Orange County, California, they smuggled Shyima with them. She discusses how she was discovered and freed. Her memoir Hidden Girl reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances how she helps others to rescue others in bondage.
