The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Dunya Mikhail

The Beekeeper of Sinjar

Dunya Mikhail with Max Weiss (Translator)

224 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

Description

In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing 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 ...

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Moods

emotional 100%
sad 100%
dark 78%
challenging 64%
informative 57%
tense 57%
reflective 50%
hopeful 21%
inspiring 7%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 23%
fast 15%

Average rating

4.09

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