Bibliograph

The last girl, my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic state, Nadia Murad [with Jenna Krajeski ] ; introduction by Amal Clooney ; read by Ilyana Kadushin

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The last girl, my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic state, Nadia Murad [with Jenna Krajeski ] ; introduction by Amal Clooney ; read by Ilyana Kadushin

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

autobiography

Main title

The last girl

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Oclc number

973280854

Responsibility statement

Nadia Murad [with Jenna Krajeski ] ; introduction by Amal Clooney ; read by Ilyana Kadushin

Sub title

my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic state

Summary

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 IS 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

Target audience

adult

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