The beekeeper of Sinjar / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Dunya Mikhail and Max Weiss.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publisher: London, England : Serpent's Tail, 2018Description: 209 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1788161262
- 9781788161268
- Fi Suq Al-sabaya by Almutawassit. English
- DS70.8.Y49 M545413 2018b
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 956.7044 MIK | Available | T00807893 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Either we die here, or we escape together. A deeply moving story of courage in the face of unimaginable adversity.
"First published in the USA in 2018 by New Directions Books, New York"--Title page verso.
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or enslaving those who won't convert to Islam. These women have lost their families and loved ones, along with everything they've ever known. Dunya Mikhail weaves together the women's tales of endurance and near-impossible escape with the story of her own exile and her dreams for the future of Iraq. In the midst of ISIS's reign of terror and hatred, an unlikely hero has emerged: the Beekeeper. Once a trader selling his mountain honey across the region, when ISIS came to Sinjar he turned his knowledge of the local terrain to another, more dangerous use. Along with a secret network of transporters, helpers, and former bootleggers, Abdullah Shrem smuggles brutalised Yazidi women to safety through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Western Turkey. This powerful work of literary nonfiction offers a counterpoint to ISIS's genocidal extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk torture and death to save the lives of others.
Translated from the Arabic.