03378cam a2200469 i 4500 7011 7011 19884761 OSt 20200206095309.0 170811s2017 nyuabf b 001 0aeng 2017028775 9781524760441 (paperback) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc a-iq--- DS79.766.M865 A3 2017 956.704 43 MUR B 23 BIO026000 POL035010 bisacsh Murad, Nadia, author. The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State / Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski ; [foreword by Amal Clooney]. First edition. New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2017] xi, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia's brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade. Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety. Today, Nadia's story--as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi--has forced the world to pay attention to the ongoing genocide in Iraq. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war"-- Provided by publisher. Murad, Nadia. IS (Organization) Yezidis Biography. Human rights workers Biography. Women and war Iraq. Women Crimes against Iraq Mosul. Detention of persons Iraq Mosul. Prisoners Abulse of Iraq Mosul. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights. bisacsh Krajeski, Jenna, author. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 134/5 AIISH AIISH 2020-02-06 0 956.704 443 MUR 22030 2020-02-06 00:00:00 2020-02-06 STL