{"product_id":"guest-house-for-young-widows-among-the-women-of-isis-9780399179754","title":"Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping account of thirteen women who joined, endured, and, in some cases, escaped life in the Islamic State--based on years of immersive reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e- NPR - \u003ci\u003eToronto Star \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the many books trying to understand the terrifying rise of ISIS, none has given voice to the women in the organization; but women were essential to the establishment of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's caliphate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Responding to promises of female empowerment and social justice, and calls to aid the plight of fellow Muslims in Syria, thousands of women emigrated from the United States and Europe, Russia and Central Asia, from across North Africa and the rest of the Middle East to join the Islamic State. These were the educated daughters of diplomats, trainee doctors, teenagers with straight-A averages, as well as working-class drifters and desolate housewives, and they joined forces to set up makeshift clinics and schools for the Islamic homeland they'd envisioned\u003ci\u003e. Guest House for Young Widows\u003c\/i\u003e charts the different ways women were recruited, inspired, or compelled to join the militants. Emma from Hamburg, Sharmeena and three high school friends from London, and Nour, a religious dropout from Tunis: All found rebellion or community in political Islam and fell prey to sophisticated propaganda that promised them a cosmopolitan adventure and a chance to forge an ideal Islamic community in which they could live devoutly without fear of stigma or repression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It wasn't long before the militants exposed themselves as little more than violent criminals, more obsessed with power than the tenets of Islam, and the women of ISIS were stripped of any agency, perpetually widowed and remarried, and ultimately trapped in a brutal, lawless society. The fall of the caliphate only brought new challenges to women no state wanted to reclaim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Azadeh Moaveni's exquisite sensitivity and rigorous reporting make these forgotten women indelible and illuminate the turbulent politics that set them on their paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399179754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Azadeh Moaveni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637036445852,"sku":"9780399179754","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_10e1a640-c935-481e-8a90-79f3446e9526.jpg?v=1603843710","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/guest-house-for-young-widows-among-the-women-of-isis-9780399179754","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}