The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq

Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won't convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women.

The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh. Mikhail extensively interviews these women--who've lost their families and loved ones, who've been sexually abused, psychologically tortured, and forced to manufacture chemical weapons--and as their tales unfold, an unlikely hero emerges: a beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain, along with a wide network of transporters, helpers, and former cigarette smugglers, to bring these women, one by one, through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety.

In the face of inhuman suffering, this powerful work of nonfiction offers a counterpoint to Daesh's genocidal extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk their own lives to save those of others.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/27/2018
ISBN: 9780811226127
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/15/2017
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2018
Library Journal 02/15/2018 pg. 70
Shelf Awareness 04/13/2018
Foreword 02/26/2018