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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS

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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS

Azadeh Moaveni
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An intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their comfortable lives behind and join the Islamic State.

In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Having witnessed the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call.

At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who responded. Emma, from Germany; Sharmeena from Bethnal Green, London; Nour from Tunis: these were women — some still in high school — from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by Jane Austen and Dan Brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventure. But instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime...

Year:
2019
Publisher:
Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
1925693015
ISBN 13:
9781925693010
File:
EPUB, 487 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2019
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