Naziha is a 45-year-old woman of Moroccan descent and the mother of 10 children. Sheâs been without a partner since throwing out her violent husband. In 2007, she was in the news when her teenage sons were causing serious trouble. In perfect Dutch she tells the story of how as a young girl she was married off to a man 30 years her senior, and of how he turned her household into a âterrorist training camp.â She speaks bitterly about this dark period, which had led to her sonsâ criminal behavior. She wants her story to break the taboo on getting help. âThereâs still so much shameâ, she says about her mostly Moroccan neighbors. When it emerges that one of Nazihaâs sons was involved in the death of a soccer referee, the normal quiet life she dreams of looks further away than ever. This is the story of an articulate, modern woman who, despite the burden of her youth and continual problems with her children, is tireless in her struggle for better life.
