article_snippet: It was utterly devastating.'
article_snippet: I cried non-stop for days after that.'
article_snippet: Amal Farah said: 'Suddenly I was wasn't allowed to play with my male cousins.
article_snippet: We weren't allowed to listen to music. '
article_snippet: Anything that was deemed frivolous, anything that took you away from the importance of Allah, was forbidden.'
article_snippet: Then my uncle flew over from Saudi Arabia and for three days I was locked in the house and forced to listen to my uncle.'
article_snippet: I knew I would never be safe, that I was a thorn in my family's side.
article_snippet: So I changed my number and made sure they didn't know where I was living.'