The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women’s freedoms in southern Somalia – that type of mentality –… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
After being in captivity for so long, I can't begin to describe how wonderful it feels to be home in Canada. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“I'd spent my life believing that people were, at heart, kind and good. This was what the world had shown me. [...] If humans… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or,… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“After almost seven months in Baghdad, I set my sights on Somalia. The reasons to do it seemed straightforward. Somalia was a mess. There… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“I did not mention that my father was home with his gay lover and that I was in Bangladesh on vacation from my job… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
