Overview

• Heyne Publishing House has stopped distributing the book due to unresolved questions about the author's claimed identity as a member of the Remmo or Al-Zein clans.
• The author, writing under the pseudonym Latife Arab, has refused to provide further documentation to verify her identity, citing irrelevance to the book's content.
• The book, which alleges familial involvement in human trafficking, extortion, and other crimes, has sold approximately 27,000 copies and was a Spiegel bestseller.
• Security experts and clan researchers have expressed skepticism, stating that the author's claimed family branch is largely unknown and not significant in police records.
• The controversy highlights broader societal debates in Germany about the portrayal of marginalized communities and the standards of evidence for personal narratives.