The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
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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.
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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 Nadiaâ€™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.
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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.
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Today, Nadia's storyâ€”as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidiâ€”has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. 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.
Country USA
Brand Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-11-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524760434

Country	USA
Brand	Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-11-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781524760434

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State