ISLAMIC STATE CAMPAIGN
BOOK REVIEW: Survivor tells of Iraq’s rape and abuse horrors
Yazidi Nadia Murad never stopped fighting for her life against Islamic State barbarity, writes Diane de Beer
THE LAST GIRL: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State Nadia Murad and Jenna Krajeski Virago There have been more headlines about men leaving the UK and Europe to join Islamic State (IS) in its bid to establish a caliphate than about the civilians living in the countries they devastated, such as Syria and Iraq. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. She is a member of the Yazidi community and lived a quiet and fairly isolated life with her family. On August 15 2014, when she was 21 years old, the life she knew ended abruptly. Even though her community had been waiting for the IS militants, none of them predicted what was about to happen. Although regarded as a fringe community in Iraq, the Yazidis believed their Arab and Iraqi neighbours would come to their aid when needed. But they were left on their own. When the fighters arrived, people were shot if they resisted orders. Murad was raped, which was ...
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