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In Azadeh Moaveni's complex account there is fall out for the young women who joined ISIS

Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed account about a cast of young women who made the shocking decision to join ISIS. Today, there is fall out for each of them. Nadia Albina reads.

Azadeh Moaveni's acclaimed, considered and complex account about a cast of young women who made the shocking decision to join ISIS. Today, their choices exact a high price, and there are  also unsettling consequences. 

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.

Nadia Albina reads.
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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