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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey Into the Syrian Jihad
Contributor(s): Seierstad, Åsne (Author), Kinsella, Seán (Translator)
ISBN: 0374538204     ISBN-13: 9780374538200
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
OUR PRICE:   $17.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Terrorism
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism
Dewey: 956.910
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.05 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Islamic
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Cultural Region - Scandinavian
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:

The riveting true story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home

Two Sisters, by the international bestselling author Åsne 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 vanished--and are en route to Syria to aid the Islamic State. Seierstad's riveting account traces the sisters' journey from secular, social democratic Norway to the front lines of the war in Syria, and follows Sadiq's 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 family's 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 maelstrom--even 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Seierstad, Asne: - Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian journalist and writer known for her work as a war correspondent. She is the author of The Bookseller of Kabul, One Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, and Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya. She lives in Oslo, Norway.Kinsella, Sean: - Seán Kinsella is from Dublin. He has translated a variety of books by Norwegian writers such as Kjell Askildsen, Tore Renberg, and Stig Sæterbakken. He lives in Norway.