The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
The Last Girl by Nadia Murad is a harrowing memoir depicting the true story of a young Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. Through Murad's own words, readers are taken on a journey through her village life, her brutal captivity, and her eventual escape with the help of sympathetic strangers. The book not only sheds light on the atrocities committed by ISIS but also emphasizes the importance of relationships, resilience, and the fight for justice in the face of unimaginable trauma.
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The content warnings for The Last Girl include themes of genocide, sexual violence, trauma, and human trafficking.
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
In this "courageous" (The Washington Post) 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 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.
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About the Author:
Nadia Murad is a human rights activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the recipient of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize and the Sakharov Prize, and is the UN's first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors…
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