The Girl Who Escaped Isis: This Is My Story

  • Author: Farida Khalaf
  • Narrator: Lara Sawalha
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 7:34:53
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Synopsis

Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post

“Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour

“As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control—and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.” —The Guardian

A young Yazidi woman was living a normal, sheltered life in northern Iraq during the summer of 2014 when her entire world was upended: her village was attacked by ISIS. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery.

This is Farida Khalaf’s story.

In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it was—at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacher—and the hell it became. Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. Farida is ultimately brought to an ISIS training camp in the middle of the desert, where she plots an against-all-odds escape for herself and five other girls.

A riveting firsthand account of life in captivity and a courageous flight to freedom, this astonishing memoir is also Farida’s way of bearing witness, and of ensuring that ISIS does not succeed in crushing her spirit. Her bravery, resilience, and hope in the face of unimaginable violence will fascinate and inspire.

Chapters

  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 01 Open

    Duration: 37s
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 02 AuthorsNote

    Duration: 16s
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 03 Prologue

    Duration: 03min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 04 Chapter01

    Duration: 16min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 05 Chapter02

    Duration: 37min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 06 Chapter03

    Duration: 01h06min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 07 Chapter04

    Duration: 53min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 08 Chapter05

    Duration: 58min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 09 Chapter06

    Duration: 38min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 10 Chapter07

    Duration: 01h03min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 11 Chapter08

    Duration: 01h02min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 12 Chapter09

    Duration: 41min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 13 Epilogue

    Duration: 05min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 14 CoWritersNote

    Duration: 07min
  • TheGirlWhoEscapedISIS 15 Close

    Duration: 39s