Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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Physical Desc
xxvi, 256 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
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The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together.
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Physical Desc
xxxi, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around...