It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
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
Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Going into Somalia, I didn't anticipate how many people's lives would be affected by it. In hindsight, I certainly wish I had… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
