The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq

by Dunya Mikhail

Book Overview

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 sexually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811226123
• ISBN13: 9780811226127
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"