#009 "Emma"

Hosted by Katie Mahalic

57 min 02 sec

Art by Kate Cosgrove

Trying to escape fundamentalist religion from a young age, a German-Turkish woman named Amira fights her way not just to freedom but also to motherhood. It's the moment when Amira finds herself in a women's shelter in San Francisco, California, with her 9-month-old baby that her life changes forever.

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