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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 7:58:51 GMT
I need help with the third volume of my series set in Saudi and the UK. This one is based on a Saudi citizen who visits her half sister in Scotland and who falls in love and eventually marries a British born Egyptian who is a Coptic Christian. (They can both speak Arabic) She becomes a Christian. However when the woman returns to Saudi for her father's funeral she has problems. (She tries to keep her conversion to Christianity a secret but she is betrayed by a family member.) Even though she is married to a man with British citizenship, because she is a Saudi citizen the woman is arrested when the authorities find out that she is a Christian. How do I get her out of that situation. I want her back in Scotland with her husband. Also I want to make people aware of the laws regarding religion in Saudi, "Saudi Arabia forbids religious conversion from Islam and punishes it by death."(Wikipedia) Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 12:24:52 GMT
It can't be a fast exit otherwise it will seem contrived. Give her some kind of underground railroad and let it go where it wants to go. Larika, so very exciting your subject matter.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Jan 13, 2020 13:03:09 GMT
Another Christian sacrifices for her? An Egyptian compatriot of her husband is able to spring her through that embassy? A Yemeni slave woman beguiles a guard? A rebel faction crashed a truck into the building where she is held and she is mistakenly taken hostage by them? Ummm... all of the above?
Need caffein now...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 16:41:38 GMT
In my first book Maggie, I had my protagonist exit Saudi. She was English and had been stolen as a small child, so was helped to return to the UK with the help of the British Embassy in Riyadh. When she was re-kidnapped (she had been married off to a Saudi citizen and had a baby who was a Saudi citizan, so the Britih Embassy was unable to help her) she got out by an underground route. Unfortunately in this book the heroine is a Saudi citizen and is in prison. However I think one of your ideas might work BlueAndGold. I've made a note of your ideas. Thanks both of you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 18:38:05 GMT
Blue, I like this one:
A rebel faction crashed a truck into the building where she is held and she is mistakenly taken hostage by them?
Larika, every word you utter makes me more interested in your stories. You must realize you have a gift; I am normally bored.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 9:32:25 GMT
An Egyptian compatriot of her husband is able to spring her through that embassy?
BlueAndGold I've been doing some research on this idea. I think it may be the way for me to go. There are several Egyptian consulates in Cairo and an Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh where my Saudi protagonist comes from. The Saudi protagonist Basira's father-in-law grew up in Cairo, before he relocated to Scotland where he and his family have permanent residency. I think I'll make the Deputy Chief or some other high official, the father's boyhood friend. Maybe he could swing the release of Basira for a price.( 10,280,461.28 Egyptian Pounds the equivalent of £500,000 or 2,433,725.01 Saudi Riyal ) Basira's husband, his family, his friends, the Coptic Christian Church and Basira's half sister Joy and family will have to try and raise the money.
Blue, I like this one: A rebel faction crashed a truck into the building where she is held and she is mistakenly taken hostage by them?
That sounds a quite exciting alternative Maggie. The rebel faction could be an extremist group like ISIL or the Al-Nusra Front who are two major threats to the kingdom of Saudi, Also maybe they could be from Syria. It's something to consider
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