TY - BOOK AU - Mikhail,Dunya TI - The beekeeper: rescuing the stolen women of Iraq SN - 9780811226127 PY - 2018///] CY - New York PB - New Directions Books KW - IS (Organization) KW - Yezidis KW - Crimes against KW - Iraq KW - Women KW - Genocide KW - Abduction N2 - Acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh (ISIS). 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 bring these women through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety; "The true story of a beekeeper who risks his life to rescue enslaved women from Daesh"--Amazon.com ER -