Bibliograph

Two sisters, into the Syrian jihad, Ã sne Seierstad ; translated by SeÃ¡n Kinsella

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Two sisters, into the Syrian jihad, Ã sne Seierstad ; translated by SeÃ¡n Kinsella

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Two sisters

Responsibility statement

Ã sne Seierstad ; translated by SeÃ¡n Kinsella

Sub title

into the Syrian jihad

Summary

The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home. Asne Seierstad puts the problem of radicalization into painfully human terms, using instant messages and other primary sources to reconstruct a family's crisis from the inside. Eventually, she takes us into the hellscape of the Syrian civil war, as Sadiq risks his life in pursuit of his daughters, refusing to let them disappear into the maelstrom. This is a relentless thriller and a feat of reporting with profound lessons about belief, extremism, and the meaning of devotion

Table Of Contents

The rupture -- Veiled -- Blind man's bluff -- In -- Early teens -- The mission -- Eating with the devil -- Norway, thine is our devotion -- This attire -- It's all about the heart -- Valentine's Ummah -- Target practice -- Halal dating -- Paragraphs -- Strange bird -- Separation -- Fraud in the name of god -- The October Revolution -- Dance macabre -- Blueprint -- Home -- A kind, wonderful man -- Spoils of war -- The end of sykes-picot -- God is not great -- Not without my daughters -- New year, new opportunities -- Housewives of Raqqa -- Boys of Norway -- Shoot the girls if you want! -- Ramadan -- A different life -- Voices in the mind -- Legacy -- The basis of the book -- Glossary -- References

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