Music is not allowed, dating is prohibited, having friendships with the opposite sex is illegal, dressing and wearing makeup is inappropriate, going out at night is not permitted, celebrating birthdays is forbidden, and working with men is not allowed.
Ik ga leven (I Will Live) is the autobiographical novel by Lale Gül, a publishing phenomenon that has sold over two hundred thousand copies and forced the author to live under protection. It is a concentrated revelation about the life of confinement and deprivation that a girl belonging to an ultra-religious Muslim community is subjected to, serving as a manifesto for the liberation of women from religious patriarchy.
