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    electriklights: I hope that all of her goals and dreams happen. Thank God she's in better hands with a family who cares about her deeply. I could not begin to fathom ... more »
    cupscake: This story really hurts to read and hurts me even more now that I'm a mother with a little girl. How could her parents even allow that? Was her life r... more »
    Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): This is why I sort-of hope there's a hell, so these people can rot in it. more »
    lalaland13: It sounded like she maybe had some Stockholm Syndrome if she lied to authorities for so long-or maybe that's just a natural byproduct of being locked ... more »
    stacyinbean: God I just want to give her a hug and apologize for the insanity of humanity. more »
    morninggloria: Get it together, Egyptians. You saw what happened the last time you enslaved people (hello?! The plagues?! Moses and the such?!) and now you're still ... more »
    aftercancer: $76,000 are you freaking kidding me. I have a lady that comes in every two weeks and cleans for me. I pay her $60 every other week. She works for abo... more »
    NefariousNewt: Shyima, now 19, has been adopted by a foster family, and she plans to someday become a police officer. I see a Detective Benson in the making. Here's ... more »
    bluebears: I also hope these people get deported upon their release from prison. more »
    casi nadie: I did some research about this last year. The usually cited number is that 27 million people are being held in slavery conditions worldwide. 80% of sl... more »
    Snowbunny: How do they get them into the country? I imagine you fly in from Egypt, yes? I guess they were rich enough to take a private jet but not rich enough t... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): That poor girl. Holy cow. I cannot imagine. more »
    JinxyMcDeath: I don't treat my dog like that...how can people treat other humans like that? I mean, do they have no emotion? No soul? more »
    bluebears: gross. the idea that this is going on in this country makes me feel ill. more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: Here's hoping the $76,000 at least gets her a start on college tuition? more »
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    Egyptian Girl Kept As Slave In California Home

    Shyima Hall was only 10 years old when she was taken from her home in Northern Egypt and brought to work as a domestic slave in Irvine, California.