The Resource The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State, Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State, Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
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- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524760434
- Label
- The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State
- Title
- The last girl
- Title remainder
- my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State
- Statement of responsibility
- Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
- Title variation
- My story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Murad, Nadia
- Dewey number
-
- 956.7044/31/092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS79.766.M865
- LC item number
- A3 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Krajeski, Jenna
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murad, Nadia
- IS (Organization)
- Yezidis
- Human rights workers
- Women and war
- Women
- Rape victims
- Detention of persons
- Prisoners
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State, Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 306 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- LSC
- Isbn
- 9781524760434
- Lccn
- 2017028775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- 1849969
- 861665
- Label
- The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State, Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 306 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- LSC
- Isbn
- 9781524760434
- Lccn
- 2017028775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- 1849969
- 861665
Subject
- Detention of persons -- Iraq | Mosul
- Human rights workers -- Biography
- IS (Organization)
- Murad, Nadia
- Prisoners -- Abuse of -- Iraq | Mosul
- Rape victims -- Iraq | Mosul -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Women and war -- Iraq
- Yezidis -- Biography
- Women -- Crimes against -- Iraq | Mosul
- Autobiographies
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