The astonishing true story of a heroic young woman's capture and eventual escape from ISIS
Farida Khalaf (Author)
Farida and her brothers were brought up in the Yazidi community in
Kocho, Iraq. She was 19 years old when ISIS attacked her village,
killed the men, captured the women and sold them into slavery.
After four months, Farida managed to escape against all odds. She
was reunited with her mother and her brothers in an Iraqi refugee
camp and was granted asylum in Germany in 2015.
Andrea C. Hoffmann (Author)
Andrea C. Hoffmann is a Middle East expert, a writer for Focus
magazine in Germany, and author of numerous books. Her
specialisation is the situation of women in Muslim countries.
Shattering, brave, angering account
*The Bookseller*
‘How much can a single person endure? Traumatised, uprooted, abused
– Farida continues to deal with the consequences of ISIS.
Nevertheless, this memoir is full of hope. She is a very strong
individual, she has the heart of a lioness. An amazing story that
encourages us never to keep quiet or to give in’
*Frank Heinrich, German Parliamentary Speaker on Human Rights*
‘Farida tells her story courageously and bravely as she describes
how she resisted attempts to convert, marry and rape her, for so
long in some cases that the ISIS henchmen actually left her
alone’
*Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*
‘Farida shows the good and bad sides of religion… She criticises
aspects of her own upbringing like certain religious taboos – such
nuance is impressive’
*HEUTE.de*
‘Her story highlights atrocities, but it is also a moving account
of how friendship, love and the will to survive are mightier than
any barbarism’
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