Reunited in the Desert : How I Risked Everything to See My Children Again (Paperback)

I was fortunate enough to meet the husband and his family as well as two of the children in 2015. I also did my own research in Bali where Helle, Talal and children lived between 1998 and 2002. What can I say! I discovered that the family suffered from Helle kidnapping the children for 10 days and trying to take them abroad (claimed and confirmed by family friends in Bali) as well as her trying to destroy her husband's business, an international school, by colluding with parents to take their kids out of the school and set up an alternative school that Helle would lead. Also that apparently Helle applied for divorce and stopped notices being received by her husband through depositing papers with village chief. I was also told by husband family that she apparently went to Saudi and while there kidnapped children for 11 days against court ruling that husband has custody with one day visiting rights of children to their mother. Eventually due to children's suffering in their education by constant problems from their mother, the husband decided to take them back to UK knowing that custody would go to mother. (The mother falsely claims custody was given to her). He did so in order that the children's education does not suffer. The family told me that the children suffered educationally terribly with the mother and the father had to step in and spend huge amounts of money to get children back to school and university and now twins have Masters degree and middle son is about to get onto a career. The youngest son unfortunately was influenced by the mother to a degree that he does not want any contact with father and is being used by mother to promote her book. It ia a sad affair and although the three eldest sons have done very well with father's help, the yougest has suffered. The father has refused to discuss his family situation or comment on the book because he does not beileve in washing dirty linen in public and says that by the help of god 3 out of 4 of his sons he has been able to save and has a very close relationship with them. He says the fact they know the truth is enough for him. All others do not matter. He says silence is more powerful than words. The boys have suffered enough through their exposure to the media so he wants to preserve their dignity. I must admit i have a lot of respect for his wisdom and sense of dignity in the face of this stero typing false claims.