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Resilience in captivity, empowerment through activism.

The Last Girl is an inspiring memoir of Nadia Murad's unbelievable journey of survival as an ISIS captive and her subsequent fight as a human rights activist. Through her bravery and resilience, she sheds light on the atrocities committed against the Yazidi community. The book offers insight into the struggles of women in conflict zones and empowers readers to fight for justice and human rights.

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The Last Girl - My Story Of Captivity, And My Fight Against The Islamic State

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ISBN: 9781524760441
Publisher: Crown
Date of Publication: 2018-10-16
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.46
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZEIn 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.
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Resilience in captivity, empowerment through activism.

The Last Girl is an inspiring memoir of Nadia Murad's unbelievable journey of survival as an ISIS captive and her subsequent fight as a human rights activist. Through her bravery and resilience, she sheds light on the atrocities committed against the Yazidi community. The book offers insight into the struggles of women in conflict zones and empowers readers to fight for justice and human rights.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.