AWW22 The Mother Wound - Amani Haydar

Chaired by Lur Alghurabi.


The first time Amani’s father hit her mother, his wife of
twenty-eight years, was the day he killed her. Amani brings a
lawyer’s mind and a daughter’s heart to her devastating memoir,
The Mother Wound, a book full of raging anger and the deepest of
sorrow. In it, she seeks to come to terms with loss and grief,
recounting her painful journey through the justice system and her
quest for truth, accountability and, ultimately, healing and
hope. It is a poetic, moving and powerfully inspiring debut.