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The Resource Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS, Azadeh Moaveni

Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS, Azadeh Moaveni

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Summary
"In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Witnessing the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call. At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who responded. Emma, from Germany; Sharmeena from Bethnal Green, London; Nour from Tunis: these were women--some still in high school--from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by Jane Austen and Dan Brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventure. But instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence. What is the line between victim and collaborator? How do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? What role is there for Muslim women in the West? In what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, Moaveni takes us into the school hallways of London, kitchen tables in Germany, the coffee shops in Tunis, the caliphate's OB/GYN and its "Guest House for Young Widows"--where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried--to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admit"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 338 pages
Contents
  • Prologue: Between seasons: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Pt. I, Inheritance of Thorns :
  • Nour: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Asma: Summer 2009, Raqqa, Syria
  • Lina: Summer 2000, Weinheim, Germany
  • Emma: 2007, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Nour: January 2011, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Asma: January 2011, Raqqa, Syria
  • Rahma And Ghoufran: June 2012, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Nour: September 2012, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Lina: Early 2014, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Emma/Dunya: Spring 2012, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Emma/Dunya: Summer 2014, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Sabira: October 2013, Walthamstow, Northeast London
  • Pt. II, Gone Girls :
  • Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima: December 2014, East London
  • Pt. III, Over And Out :
  • Asma: 2012-2013, Raqqa, Syria
  • Nour: Fall 2012, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Rahma And Ghoufran: Summer 2014, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Emma/Dunya: February 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Lina: July 2014, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2014, East London
  • Sabira: April 2015, Walthamstow, Northeast London
  • Pt. IV, Citizens of the Abode of Islam :
  • Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2014, Raqqa, Syria
  • Emma/Dunya: Spring 2014, Raqqa, Syria
  • Lina: Autumn 2014, Tal Afar, Iraq
  • Emma/Dunya Fall 2015, Manbij, Syria
  • Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima February 2015, East London
  • Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima July 2015, London And Raqqa
  • Rahma And Ghoufran September 2014, Zawiya, Libya
  • Nour: August 2014, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Rahma And Ghoufran: May 2015, Tunis
  • Lina: March 2016, Tal Afar, Iraq
  • Pt. V, Love, Mourn, Repeat :
  • Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2015, Raqqa, Syria
  • Lina: Spring 2017, Raqqa, Syria
  • Emma/Dunya: Spring 2015, Manbij, Syria
  • Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2015, Raqqa, Syria
  • Rahma and Ghoufran: February 2016, Sabratha, Libya
  • Bethnal Green: August 2015, East London
  • Kadiza: May 2016, Raqqa, Syria
  • Sabira: Spring 2016, Walthamstow, Northeast London
  • Emma/Dunya: January 2017, A Village In Northern Syria
  • Nour: Spring 2016, Le Kram, Tunis
  • Epilogue: Among The Dissemblers
Isbn
9780399179754
Instance
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Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS
Title
Guest house for young widows
Title remainder
among the women of ISIS
Statement of responsibility
Azadeh Moaveni
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Witnessing the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call. At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who responded. Emma, from Germany; Sharmeena from Bethnal Green, London; Nour from Tunis: these were women--some still in high school--from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by Jane Austen and Dan Brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventure. But instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence. What is the line between victim and collaborator? How do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? What role is there for Muslim women in the West? In what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, Moaveni takes us into the school hallways of London, kitchen tables in Germany, the coffee shops in Tunis, the caliphate's OB/GYN and its "Guest House for Young Widows"--where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried--to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admit"--
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Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
PUL
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1976-
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Moaveni, Azadeh
Dewey number
306.88/30956
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • HQ1058.5.M628
  • HQ1058
LC item number
  • M63 2019
  • .M63 2019
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Widows
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Widows
  • Middle East
Label
Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS, Azadeh Moaveni
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Between seasons: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis -- Pt. I, Inheritance of Thorns : -- Nour: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis -- Asma: Summer 2009, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Summer 2000, Weinheim, Germany -- Emma: 2007, Frankfurt, Germany -- Nour: January 2011, Le Kram, Tunis -- Asma: January 2011, Raqqa, Syria -- Rahma And Ghoufran: June 2012, Sousse, Tunisia -- Nour: September 2012, Le Kram, Tunis -- Lina: Early 2014, Frankfurt, Germany -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2012, Frankfurt, Germany -- Emma/Dunya: Summer 2014, Frankfurt, Germany -- Sabira: October 2013, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Pt. II, Gone Girls : -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima: December 2014, East London -- Pt. III, Over And Out : -- Asma: 2012-2013, Raqqa, Syria -- Nour: Fall 2012, Le Kram, Tunis -- Rahma And Ghoufran: Summer 2014, Sousse, Tunisia -- Emma/Dunya: February 2014, Istanbul, Turkey -- Lina: July 2014, Gaziantep, Turkey -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2014, East London -- Sabira: April 2015, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Pt. IV, Citizens of the Abode of Islam : -- Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2014, Raqqa, Syria -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2014, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Autumn 2014, Tal Afar, Iraq -- Emma/Dunya Fall 2015, Manbij, Syria -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima February 2015, East London -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima July 2015, London And Raqqa -- Rahma And Ghoufran September 2014, Zawiya, Libya -- Nour: August 2014, Le Kram, Tunis -- Rahma And Ghoufran: May 2015, Tunis -- Lina: March 2016, Tal Afar, Iraq -- Pt. V, Love, Mourn, Repeat : -- Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2015, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Spring 2017, Raqqa, Syria -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2015, Manbij, Syria -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2015, Raqqa, Syria -- Rahma and Ghoufran: February 2016, Sabratha, Libya -- Bethnal Green: August 2015, East London -- Kadiza: May 2016, Raqqa, Syria -- Sabira: Spring 2016, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Emma/Dunya: January 2017, A Village In Northern Syria -- Nour: Spring 2016, Le Kram, Tunis -- Epilogue: Among The Dissemblers
Control code
1090285213
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 338 pages
Isbn
9780399179754
Lccn
2019013260
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1090285213
Label
Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS, Azadeh Moaveni
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Between seasons: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis -- Pt. I, Inheritance of Thorns : -- Nour: Spring 2007, Le Kram, Tunis -- Asma: Summer 2009, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Summer 2000, Weinheim, Germany -- Emma: 2007, Frankfurt, Germany -- Nour: January 2011, Le Kram, Tunis -- Asma: January 2011, Raqqa, Syria -- Rahma And Ghoufran: June 2012, Sousse, Tunisia -- Nour: September 2012, Le Kram, Tunis -- Lina: Early 2014, Frankfurt, Germany -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2012, Frankfurt, Germany -- Emma/Dunya: Summer 2014, Frankfurt, Germany -- Sabira: October 2013, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Pt. II, Gone Girls : -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima: December 2014, East London -- Pt. III, Over And Out : -- Asma: 2012-2013, Raqqa, Syria -- Nour: Fall 2012, Le Kram, Tunis -- Rahma And Ghoufran: Summer 2014, Sousse, Tunisia -- Emma/Dunya: February 2014, Istanbul, Turkey -- Lina: July 2014, Gaziantep, Turkey -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2014, East London -- Sabira: April 2015, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Pt. IV, Citizens of the Abode of Islam : -- Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2014, Raqqa, Syria -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2014, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Autumn 2014, Tal Afar, Iraq -- Emma/Dunya Fall 2015, Manbij, Syria -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima February 2015, East London -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, And Shamima July 2015, London And Raqqa -- Rahma And Ghoufran September 2014, Zawiya, Libya -- Nour: August 2014, Le Kram, Tunis -- Rahma And Ghoufran: May 2015, Tunis -- Lina: March 2016, Tal Afar, Iraq -- Pt. V, Love, Mourn, Repeat : -- Asma, Aws, And Dua: January 2015, Raqqa, Syria -- Lina: Spring 2017, Raqqa, Syria -- Emma/Dunya: Spring 2015, Manbij, Syria -- Sharmeena, Kadiza, Amira, and Shamima: December 2015, Raqqa, Syria -- Rahma and Ghoufran: February 2016, Sabratha, Libya -- Bethnal Green: August 2015, East London -- Kadiza: May 2016, Raqqa, Syria -- Sabira: Spring 2016, Walthamstow, Northeast London -- Emma/Dunya: January 2017, A Village In Northern Syria -- Nour: Spring 2016, Le Kram, Tunis -- Epilogue: Among The Dissemblers
Control code
1090285213
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 338 pages
Isbn
9780399179754
Lccn
2019013260
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1090285213

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