Book
Two sisters : a father, his daughters, and their journey into the Syrian jihad / Åsne Seierstad ; translated from the Norwegian by Seán Kinsella.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374279677 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vi, 418 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2016
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. |
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| Subject: | IS (Organization) Muslims > Ethnic identity. Radicalism. Terrorists > Norway > Recruiting. Women terrorists > Norway. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 956.91042310925209481 Sei | 31681010098218 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Describes the true story of how two Somali immigrants living in Norway discovered that their teenage twin daughters had been radicalized and had run away to Syria to join the Islamic State and recounts their harrowing attempt to find them. - Baker & Taylor
Describes the true story of how two Somali immigrants living in Norway discovered that their teenage twin daughters have been radicalized and have run away to Syria to join the Islamic State and recounts their harrowing attempt to find them. - McMillan Palgrave
The riveting true story of two sistersâ journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home
Two Sisters, by the international bestselling author à sne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising a family in Norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, Leila and Ayan, have vanishedâand are en route to Syria to aid the Islamic State. Seierstadâs riveting account traces the sistersâ journey from secular, social democratic Norway to the front lines of the war in Syria, and follows Sadiqâs harrowing attempt to find them.
Employing the same mastery of narrative suspense she brought to The Bookseller of Kabul and One of Us, Seierstad puts the problem of radicalization into painfully human terms, using instant messages and other primary sources to reconstruct a familyâs crisis from the inside. Eventually, she takes us into the hellscape of the Syrian civil war, as Sadiq risks his life in pursuit of his daughters, refusing to let them disappear into the maelstromâeven after they marry ISIS fighters. Two Sisters is a relentless thriller and a feat of reporting with profound lessons about belief, extremism, and the meaning of devotion.
