[Redbob]

"...the girls' mother had fled because of Mr. Said's threats to kill the girls..."

That's another thing I like about arabs: their personal courage.
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[3AngelaD]

The mother isn’t an Arab.

[heartwood]

The mother isn’t an Arab, but an American Christian named Patricia, and she fled WITH the girls. Lured by Said’s promises to move out of the house and reconcile, they came back.

She will blame herself forever. Why are American women foolish enough to take up with Muslims?

Sometimes my daughter asks, what if she married someone from another culture, and she’s always a little surprised that I say, any culture you like, as long as he’s a Christian who means it. Don’t even date someone of another faith, because if you fall in love, there’s trouble for you. Somehow she expects me to be more broad-minded.

[EDINVA]

I’m puzzled that the mother took care to get out herself but left behind the two daughters he threatened to kill ??