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The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: Farida´s Story
Farida Khalaf
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Description for The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: Farida´s Story
Paperback. August 2014, Farida Khalaf was just a normal Yazidi girl, living in northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked by ISIS fighters who murdered the men and the boys of her village, including her father and brothers, before taking Farida prisoner along with the rest of the women. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM; BTP; HRAM2; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began. The catastrophe ISIS murdered the men and boys in the village, including Farida's father and brother, and took the women hostage. Farida was one of them. She was held in a slave camp, in the homes of ISIS members and finally in ... Read more
Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began. The catastrophe ISIS murdered the men and boys in the village, including Farida's father and brother, and took the women hostage. Farida was one of them. She was held in a slave camp, in the homes of ISIS members and finally in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784702755
SKU
V9781784702755
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About Farida Khalaf
Farida Khalaf (Author) Farida and her brothers were brought up in the Yazidi community in Kocho, Iraq. She was 19 years old when ISIS attacked her village, killed the men, captured the women and sold them into slavery. After four months, Farida managed to escape against all odds. She was reunited with her mother and her brothers in ... Read more
Reviews for The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: Farida´s Story
Shattering, brave, angering account
The Bookseller
Truly a triumph of the human spirit over terror
Irish Times
Farida's story needs to be told
The Times
`How much can a single person endure? Traumatised, uprooted, abused - Farida continues to deal with the consequences of ISIS. Nevertheless, this memoir ... Read more
The Bookseller
Truly a triumph of the human spirit over terror
Irish Times
Farida's story needs to be told
The Times
`How much can a single person endure? Traumatised, uprooted, abused - Farida continues to deal with the consequences of ISIS. Nevertheless, this memoir ... Read more