Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The message the brother and sister read aloud is one addressed to a missing father: 9-year-old Najwa and 8-year-old Tirad reciting the words in unison, "Our mother's starting to worry about you." 

Their mom, Ensaf Haidar, is indeed worried, but she's also pained. She knows how much her children yearn to see their dad, but she just doesn't know what to tell them. 

How can she begin to explain that their dad has languished in a Saudi prison for almost a year? How can she expose her kids to a brutal reality she feels they're not ready to face? 

"They're always asking me, 'When is Dad coming home?' " Haidar said. "Telling me, 'Mom, I miss Dad so much.' " 

Haidar struggles with the dilemma every day. 

"It often feels like the world is against me," she said. "When I see how the children are deprived of their father, this is what bothers me the most." 

Her three children, including 5-year-old Myriam, think their father's just delayed by work. But Raif Badawi, 30, has been imprisoned since being arrested in June. He is accused of, among other things, breaking Sharia law and starting a website that infringed on religious values. 

According to Haidar, her husband just wanted to encourage discussion about religion in his homeland. But starting a liberal Internet forum in conservative Saudi Arabia can be a dangerous pursuit. 

"No one wanted to take his case," said Waleed Abualkhair, Badawi's attorney. "Because they believed that anyone who'd take this kind of case, that means he destroys his (own) reputation. But I don't believe in that. I believe that everyone has his right to have a lawyer. And I believe that Raif is innocent." 
Who is Badawi's lawyer?
Were there a lot of lawyers hoping to get this case?
Why not?
How many things does his attorney believe?
What is one?
Does he think his client is guilty?
How many children does he have?
Where do they think their dad is?
How many of the children are less than nine years old?
What's the middle child's name?
Where is their dad really?
Where?
For over a year?
For how long then?
Who is keeping this a secret from the kids?
What is her name?
What was the father arrested for?
What was his purpose of doing that?
What law did that break?
Is Saudi Arabia known as a liberal country?
Waleed Abualkhair
Waleed Abualkhair, Badawi's attorney
No
No one wanted to take his case," said Waleed Abualkhair,
it would destroy his (own) reputation
anyone who'd take this kind of case, that means he destroys his (own) reputation
Two
 I believe that everyone has his right to have a lawyer. And I believe that Raif is innocent."
everyone has his right to have a lawyer.
I believe that everyone has his right to have a lawyer.
no
 And I believe that Raif is innocent." 
Three
Her three children
delayed by work
think their father's just delayed by work
Two
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The message the brother and sister read aloud is one addressed to a missing father: 9-year-old Najwa and 8-year-old Tirad reciting the words in unison, "Our mother's starting to worry about you." 
Tirad
8-year-old Tirad
in prison
dad has languished in a Saudi prison f
Saudi
in a Saudi prison 
no
languished in a Saudi prison for almost a year
almost a year
dad has languished in a Saudi prison for almost a year
Their mom
Their mom, Ensaf Haidar, 
Ensaf Haidar
Their mom, Ensaf Haidar
starting a liberal Internet forum
 But starting a liberal Internet forum
encourage discussion about religion in his homeland.
her husband just wanted to encourage discussion about religion in his homeland.
Sharia
 breaking Sharia law a
no
conservative Saudi Arabia c