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Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed book explores what motivated a cast of young women to join ISIS

Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed book explores, with insight and empathy, what motivated a cast of young women to make the shocking decision to join ISIS.  Nadia Albina reads.

Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed account is an intimate portrait of a handful of young women who made the shocking decision to join the Islamic State. In today's episode, the promise of the Arab Spring is fading for Nour who lives in Tunis; in Frankfurt Emma becomes romantically involved; and for Asma, in Syria, the drumbeats of war are beating. 

Journalist, writer and academic, Azadeh Moaveni, has covered the Middle East for almost two decades.  She is the author of Lipstick Jihad and Honeymoon in Tehran.  Together with the Nobel Peace Laureate, Shirin Ebadi, she wrote Iran Awakening.  Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS is her latest book and was shortlisted for the Baille Gifford Prize for non-fiction.

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Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Elizabeth Allard

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Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed account is about a cast of young women who joined ISIS.

Book of the Week. Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed and considered account of a cast of young women from Tunisia, Germany, the UK and the Middle East who joined ISIS. Nadia Albina reads.

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