{"id":1292,"date":"2017-05-23T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T08:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2017-05-23T09:17:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T08:17:03","slug":"forced-into-marriage-aged-just-12-fay-refused-to-accept-her-life-and-now-her-business-is-booming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/forced-into-marriage-aged-just-12-fay-refused-to-accept-her-life-and-now-her-business-is-booming\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced into marriage aged just 12 &#8211; Fay refused to accept her life and now her business is booming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aged just 12, Fay Khatri was forced into a marriage against her will.<\/p>\n<p>Five years later, she was forced to marry again &#8211; this time to her cousin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article\" style=\"background: #ffffff; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: hidden; z-index: 1; color: #141414; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; height: 8px; max-height: 8px;\" data-inview=\"\" data-config=\"{&quot;componentType&quot;:&quot;gpt&quot;,&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;index&quot;:4,&quot;hivis&quot;:&quot;n&quot;},&quot;referenceNode&quot;:&quot;.article-body &gt; p:nth-of-type(2)&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[8,8]],&quot;hideOnSensitiveArticle&quot;:true,&quot;relativePos&quot;:&quot;after&quot;,&quot;additionalClass&quot;:&quot;in-article&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;div-gpt-ad-vip-slot&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;VIP&quot;}\" data-response-start=\"1985.0850000000003\" data-type=\"gpt\" data-google-query-id=\"COzkr6rJhdQCFUGnGwodA-wJEw\" data-timer-slot-rendered=\"2939.885\" data-rendered-width=\"8\" data-rendered-height=\"8\" data-response-end=\"3707.9300000000003\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news_2\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news_2\" width=\"8px\" height=\"8px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-integralas-id-1f2f3e18-5460-94bc-4b59-730ca1b78d39=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was abused by a number people while I was growing up and at one stage I decided that was just the way was going to be for me,\u201d said Fay, was married five times in 11 years, three against her will.<\/p>\n<p>But she refused to accept the way her life was going. Determined to make a success of her life, she ran away from home and met a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/all-about\/middlesbrough\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-type=\"inline\" data-action=\"middlesbrough\" data-word-count=\"1\" data-track=\"false\">Middlesbrough<\/a> man &#8211; changing her life forever.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old therapist is now the proud owner of a thriving salon, Tamara\u2019s Beautique on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/all-about\/central-middlesbrough\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\" data-type=\"inline\" data-action=\"central-middlesbrough\" data-word-count=\"2\" data-track=\"false\">Borough Road<\/a>, a happy ending to an emotional and often heartbreaking journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born in Kenya, but after I got married when I was 12 I was shipped out to live in Saudi Arabia, where my mum also lived,\u201d said Fay.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news\/forced-marriage-aged-just-12-13068279<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aged just 12, Fay Khatri was forced into a marriage against her will. 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