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  • The Last Girl

  • My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
  • Written by: Nadia Murad
  • Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
  • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (85 ratings)

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The Last Girl

Written by: Nadia Murad
Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
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Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.

Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in Northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon.

On August 15, 2014, when Nadia was just 21 years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia's brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the IS slave trade.

Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety.

Today, Nadia's story - as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi - has forced the world to pay attention to the ongoing genocide in Iraq. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.

©2017 Nadia Murad (P)2017 Random House Audio

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so moved

This book made me so angry and moved at the same time. Nadia is such a brave person.

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Compelling and Important read

Nadia's story is heartbreaking and brave. It draws you in immediately, and evokes strong empathy.

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Nadia is an inspirational woman

Truly an inspirational story of how Nadia has fought ISIS in her own way. She has overcome so much in her life. Unbelievable.

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Inspirational

My heart broke for Nadia and her family.. and all of her people. Just hearing the evil done to the Yazidis at the hands of Isis is traumatizing. Her strength is inspiring, she is not broken, despite their best efforts. I pray those Isis members who are still alive will be held accountable for their actions. This book is a window into a truly beautiful soul.

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A MUST read/listen!

What an incredible story of survival and strength and determination! What Nadia went through is beyond words; my heart breaks when I think about the horrors and atrocities she and the Yezidi (sorry if the spelling is incorrect) went through. I truly pray for healing for those who have suffered under ISIS control, and I pray that those involved will be brought to justice.

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great book. sad story. very brave.

I loved the book. it's a sad story and sad reality. very eye opening. Nadia was very brave.

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man's inhumanity to man

it started a bit slow but when I got into it I couldn't put it down. I must if you want to understand the plight of women in the war term middle East.

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