The Beekeeper of Sinjar

I need not just one tissue but a whole box........If you don't read a single book this year or ever.
I Strongly recommend you read this one! It will make you think how lucky we are.

I found The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Dunya Mikhail heart wrenching and a very strong book that will have you saying OMG and reaching out for some tissues. This book is a compilation of harrowing stories about different attempts to rescue of the Yazidi women, who were captured by ISIS. These women have lost their families, close friends and love ones and in a different country. They've been sexually abused, tortured, sold into sex slavery like common cattle, woman and small children are forced to manufacture chemical weapons, then forced into marriage. Their men and the elderly are forced into pits then massacred.
Their tales are unfolded within this brilliant written book. Dunya Mikhail also writes about the beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain and the large network of transporters, helpers and former smugglers who help bring the women back to safety.

This book is just Beautifully written that will make you stop reading and think..........A must Read.

A Very Big Thank you to Netgalley, Serpent's Tail / Profile Books and Dunya Mikhail for sharing this True Story.

Big Fat 5 Star read. If I could give it 100 Stars I would. My heart goes out to these women and I hope they peace. x

In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the well known journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the tragic stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or selling those who won't convert to Islam. These women have lost their entire families and loved ones, Dunya Mikhail brings together the women's tales of almost impossible escape with the story of her own exile.
The Beekeeper. was a trader selling his mountain honey across the region, but when ISIS came to Sinjar he decided to use his local knowledge to help these poor women to escape the brutality they had suffered at the hands of ISIS, and bring them to safety through the the mountains and lands - he employed men he could trust to act as smugglers and in this way, the women could escape and resume some sort of normality.
This book is harrowing, tragic and people around the world should read it to begin to understand what ISIS is and how they indoctrinate young boys and teenagers into being brutal, selfish and ruthless and tearing apart families under their regime.