The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story

Named a â€œBest Book of the Yearâ€ by New York Post

â€œFarida Khalafâ€™s story is harrowing but crucialâ€”especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.â€ â€”Glamour

â€œAs gripping as it is appallingâ€¦a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their controlâ€”and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.â€ â€”The Guardian

A young Yazidi woman was living a normal, sheltered life in northern Iraq during the summer of 2014 when her entire world was upended: her village was attacked by ISIS. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery.

This is Farida Khalafâ€™s story.

In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it wasâ€”at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacherâ€”and the hell it became. Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. Farida is ultimately brought to an ISIS training camp in the middle of the desert, where she plots an against-all-odds escape for herself and five other girls.

A riveting firsthand account of life in captivity and a courageous flight to freedom, this astonishing memoir is also Faridaâ€™s way of bearing witness, and of ensuring that ISIS does not succeed in crushing her spirit. Her bravery, resilience, and hope in the face of unimaginable violence will fascinate and inspire.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-07-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501131714

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-07-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501131714

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story

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