Just Another Jihadi Jane

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Author: Tabish Khair, Ulvija Tanović ISBN: 9781943902057
Publisher: Massachusetts Review, Inc. Publication: July 27, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Tabish Khair, Ulvija Tanović
ISBN: 9781943902057
Publisher: Massachusetts Review, Inc.
Publication: July 27, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

JUST ANOTHER JIHADI JANE follows the radicalization of two young girls growing up in a working-class Muslim neighborhood in the UK. Ameena and Jamilla become close followers of a Jihadi matron deeply involved in the Syrian insurrection—serving a cause they believe has been distorted by Western media. The girls slowly realize that their new reality is a narrow, brutal universe apart from the one they had imagined. Tabish Khair's chilling, heart-wrenching tale paints a frightening portrait of religious fanaticism—and the terrible cost of survival.

"This powerful, compelling, urgent novel succeeds in being compassionate towards its principal characters without flinching from the full horror of their choices." —Amitav Ghosh, author of SEA OF POPPIES

"Wise, nuanced … Jamilla’s haunting, searing experience does not read like a work of fiction. This is not just a writer’s nightmare: it is ours." —Liz Jensen, author of THE NINTH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX

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JUST ANOTHER JIHADI JANE follows the radicalization of two young girls growing up in a working-class Muslim neighborhood in the UK. Ameena and Jamilla become close followers of a Jihadi matron deeply involved in the Syrian insurrection—serving a cause they believe has been distorted by Western media. The girls slowly realize that their new reality is a narrow, brutal universe apart from the one they had imagined. Tabish Khair's chilling, heart-wrenching tale paints a frightening portrait of religious fanaticism—and the terrible cost of survival.

"This powerful, compelling, urgent novel succeeds in being compassionate towards its principal characters without flinching from the full horror of their choices." —Amitav Ghosh, author of SEA OF POPPIES

"Wise, nuanced … Jamilla’s haunting, searing experience does not read like a work of fiction. This is not just a writer’s nightmare: it is ours." —Liz Jensen, author of THE NINTH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX

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