Nadia Murad Jenna Krajeski - The Last Girl

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Produktbeschreibung

Nadia Murad is a courageous young Yazidi woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. Six of Nadia's brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. But she has fought back. This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in a remote village in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. She is the subject ofAlexandria Bombach's film On Her Shoulders, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the first Goodwill Ambassadorfor the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations. Courage and testimony can change the world: this is one of those books. 'The Last Girl offers powerful insight into the barbarity the Yazidi suffered alongside glimpses into their mystical culture . . . this is an important book by a brave woman, fresh testament to humankind's potential for chilling and inexplicable evil' Ian Birrell, The Times 'This devastating memoir unflinchingly recounts her experiences and questions the complicity of witnesses who acquiesced in the suffering of others' New Yorker 'Courageous . . . Anyone who wants to understand the socalled Islamic State should read [The Last Girl]' The Economist