Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it was-at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacher-and the hell it became. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery. “As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control-and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.” - The GuardianĪ 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. “Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial-especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” - Glamour Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post
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