In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya
Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have
managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been
persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or enslaving those who won't
convert to Islam. These women have lost their families and loved ones,
along with everything they've ever known.
Dunya Mikhail weaves
together the women's tales of endurance and near-impossible escape with
the story of her own exile and her dreams for thefuture of Iraq. In
the midst of ISIS's reign of terror and hatred, an unlikely hero has
emerged: the Beekeeper. Once a trader selling his mountain honey across
the region, when ISIS came to Sinjar he turned his knowledge of the
local terrain to another, more dangerous use.
Along with a
secret network of transporters, helpers, and former bootleggers,
Abdullah Shrem smuggles brutalised Yazidi women to safety through the
war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Eastern Turkey. This powerful
work of literary nonfiction offers a counterpoint to ISIS's genocidal
extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk torture and death to save the
lives of others.
The Beekeeper of Sinjar : Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq - Dunya Mikhail
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