‘Trapped’: The American women and girls forced into marriage Misha Valencia © [Jawahir Al Naimi/Al Jazeera] [Jawahir Al Naimi/Al Jazeera] “A week after we got married, my husband became violent. He flew into rages and controlled every aspect of my life. I couldn’t have my own money, have a driver’s licence, go to school – I was trapped for 15 years.” Fraidy Reiss, a 45-year-old mother of two daughters who lives in New Jersey, grew up in an insular, ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. When she was just 19, she entered into an arranged marriag...