The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State / Nadia Murad ; with Jenna Krajeski ; foreword by Amal Clooney.
"A memoir of Nadia Murad's time as a captive of the Islamic State, her escape, and her human rights activism"-- Provided by publisher.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1524760439
- ISBN: 9781524760434
- Physical Description: 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 1020L Lexile
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IS (Organization)
Detention of persons > Iraq > Mosul.
Human rights workers > Biography.
Prisoners > Abuse of > Iraq > Mosul.
Women and war > Iraq.
Women > Crimes against > Iraq > Mosul.
Yezidis > Biography.
Women.
Womyn. - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
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- 22 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | BIO MURAD (Text) | 36015001021555 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | B MURAD (Text) | 80605000779024 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | B MURAD (Text) | 37807000010331 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B MURAD (Text) | 22281500135566 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | B MURAD (Text) | 31781062181118 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | 956.704431 MUR (Text) | 0020511677690 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Mur (Text) | 30308101188960 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Graham County Library | B MURAD (Text) | 80605001355527 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | MURAD (Text) | 33258008348026 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | 956.70 M (Text) | 28198000000752 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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