The beekeeper : rescuing the stolen women of Iraq
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Author
Contributors
Weiss, Max, 1977- translator.
Published
New York, N.Y. : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Status
Southside - Adult
956.70443 Mik
1 available
956.70443 Mik
1 available
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Published
New York, N.Y. : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Arabic as Fi Suq al-sabaya by Al Mutawassit."--Title page verso.
General Note
"First published as a New Directions paperback original in 2018."--Title page verso.
Description
"Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won't convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women. The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh. Mikhail extensively interviews these women--who've lost their families and loved ones, who've been repeatedly sold, raped, psychologically tortured, and forced to manufacture chemical weapons--and as their tales unfold, an unlikely hero emerges: a beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain, along with a wide network of transporters, helpers, and former cigarette smugglers, to bring these women, one by one, through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety. In the face of inhuman suffering, this powerful work of nonfiction offers a counterpoint to Daesh's genocidal extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk their lives to save those of others."--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from Arabic to English.
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