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Two sisters : a father, his daughters, and their journey into the Syrian jihad  Cover Image Book Book

Two sisters : a father, his daughters, and their journey into the Syrian jihad / Åsne Seierstad ; translated from the Norwegian by Seán Kinsella.

Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- (author.). Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- translation of: To søstre. English. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374279677 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: vi, 418 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Norwegian in 2016 by Kagge, Norway.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The rupture -- Veiled -- Blind man's bluff -- In -- Early teens -- The mission -- Eating with the devil -- Norway, thine is our devotion -- This attire -- It's all about the heart -- Valentine's Ummah -- Target practice -- Halal dating -- Paragraphs -- Strange bird -- Separation -- Fraud in the name of god -- The October Revolution -- Dance macabre -- Blueprint -- Home -- A kind, wonderful man -- Spoils of war -- The end of sykes-picot -- God is not great -- Not without my daughters -- New year, new opportunities -- Housewives of Raqqa -- Boys of Norway -- Shoot the girls if you want! -- Ramadan -- A different life -- Voices in the mind -- Legacy -- The basis of the book -- Glossary -- References.
Subject: IS (Organization)
Muslims > Ethnic identity.
Radicalism.
Terrorists > Norway > Recruiting.
Women terrorists > Norway.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian journalist and writer known for her work as a war correspondent. She is the author of One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway—and Its Aftermath, The Bookseller of Kabul, One Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War, and With Their Backs to the World: Portraits of Serbia. She lives in Oslo, Norway.

Seán Kinsella was born in Ireland and holds an MPhil in literary translation from Trinity College, Dublin. He lives in Norway with his family.


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