The Last Girl

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New York Times Editors Choice 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. New Download eBook The Last Girl by Nadia Murad – kino-fada.fr This is a 10 star book definitely review to come I wanted to share this about illegal immigrants into Europe pretending to be refugees when they are really economic migrants I didn t realise the system was so simple from the illegal immigrant side and how easily duped the European Immigration services were There is no thought whatsoever to try to emigrate legally, it doesn t even oc...4.5 harrowing, dignified, unfathomable stars Nadia Murad s story is not unusual and in many parts of the world is quite common Most of us here in the West and much of Europe are currently cocooned from the ATROCITIES that occur daily in our world We complain about the price of hydro, extramarital affairs, ADHD treatments and poor service in the restaurant In fact, in a funny way, this helps us survive and live life day to day However, it does not help much of the world that is not only 4.5 harrowing, dignified, unfathomable stars N...You should read this book Not because you ll enjoy it, it s not a book meant for enjoying In fact, parts of it, you most certainly will not enjoy You will be upset You will be horrified You may need to take a minute to emotionally recoup.But this is important, y all It s important because, in places like where I live, we tend to act as though genocide and slavery are things of the past We blithely go through life as though those sorts of atrocities are part of a distant and shameful past You should read this book Not because you ll enjoy it, it s not a book meant for enjoying In fact, parts of it, you most certainly will not enjoy You will be upset You will be horrified You may need to take a minute to emotionally recoup.But this is important, y all It s important because, in places like where I live, we tend to act as though genocide and slavery are things of the past We blithely go through life as though those sorts of atrocities are part of a distant and shameful past not the harsh reality of people alive today It s important because, here in America, a lot of folks perceive Iraq as being ISIS, as being the enemy, as being a country of terroris...Well, I won t put this in the military non fiction category because Daesh are a murdering bag of bastards, only good for killing unarmed opposition, and the Yazidi didn t put up a fight I d call this situation a comedy of errors but there is really nothing funny about this tragic situation It s a disaster that everyone contributed to, all the way down the line Ms Murad starts her book with a little family background and fills us in a bit on Yazidism, a religion of which I was previously ignor Well, I won t put this in the military non fiction category because Daesh are a murdering bag of bastards, only good for killing unarmed opposition, and the Yazidi didn t put up a fight I d call this situation a comedy of errors but there is really nothing funny about this tragic situation It s a disaster that everyone contributed to, all the way down the line Ms Murad starts her book with a little family background and fills us in a bit on Yazidism, a religion of which I was previously ignorant and now I find I am merely mystified they pray to a peacock angel Yazidism has no book and is passed on by word of mouth, but it has one great advantage over othe...This is a most powerful narrative of a young Yazidi woman in Iraq whose family was forced out of their home by ISIS Her brothers were murdered in a ditch The younger women were forced into sexual slavery older women, like her mother, were killed.So as can be imagined this is a very visceral and sad book But the writing is straight forward, succinct, and beautiful The reader is taken into Nadia s family, her home, and then her forlorn tragedy At the end we get a better understanding of wha This is a most powerful narrative of a young Yazidi woman in Iraq whose family was forced out of their home by ISIS Her brothers w...She is a good writer And she has a thorough and horrific story to tell.I find it endlessly ironic that there are so many books written and discussed about past genocides of 50, 70, 80 years ago and so little for the ones of the recent past or the exact present Like this record by Nadia of the Yazidi, her people and what ISIS has done to them.And that refugees from situations like this one or like the ones against the Kurds or against Christians in Egypt and other locations Mideast, or Syria She is a good writer And she has a thorough and horrific story to tell.I find it endlessly ironic that there are s...Bitte lest dieses Buch Es ist so wichtig, den Opfern des IS nicht nur eine Stimme zu geben, sondern ihnen auch zuzuh ren Das Buch ist wirklich schrecklich und grausam, aber so so bedeutsam und lehrreich.This wasn t an easy read for many reasons It took a while to get all of the players straight in my head First of all, the author comes from a very large family, plus her father married a 2nd wife and hadchildren Then, there s the complication of her growing up in Kocho, Iraq and being part of the Yazidi religion In an area with several different main religions, languages, and cultures all trying t...Skaityti tikras istorijas, sukre ian ias gyvenimi kas patirtis nuostabu Nuostabu, o kartu ir skaudu Ypa kai tos istorijos n ra apie laim , s km ar meil Kai tos istorijos pasakoja apie ne manom skausm , pa eminim , baim Esu tikrai jautri, ir skaitydama kiekvienoje knygoje palieku dalel sav s, o knyga, savo ruo tu, apsigyvena manyje Jau Knyg mug je gavau Paskutin mergin , i kart iupau j skaityti Perskai iau greitai, ta iau ap valgos s du ra yti tik iandien Kaip ir neseniai sk Skaityti tikras istorijas, sukre ian ias gyvenimi kas patirtis nuostabu Nuostabu, o kartu ir skaudu Ypa kai tos istorijos n ra apie laim , s km ar meil Kai tos istorijos pasakoja apie ne manom skausm , pa eminim , baim Esu tikrai jautri, i...The Last Girl is a well written testimony as well as an autobiography Nadia Murad is someone to be admired and praised for her courage and intelligence What she endured, survived and overcame is almostthan one can bear to read However, if any understanding of her ordeal and justice for her is to be obtained, we all must open our eyes and hearts and make the effort to take in her story It is the only way we can give Murad the honor and love she deserves.The publisher s description is The Last Girl is a well written testimony as well as an autobiography Nadia Murad is someone to be admired and praised for her courage and intellige...

The Last Girl
  • English
  • 10 June 2017
  • Audio CD
  • 0525493212
  • Nadia Murad
  • The Last Girl