Title The Raqqa diaries : escape from 'Islamic State' / by Samer ; edited by Mike Thomson ; illustrations by Scott Coello ; translation by Nader Ibrahim ; co-edited by John Neal

Published London : Hutchinson, 2017 London Hutchinson, 2017

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Description 106 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Summary "A clarion call to all of us that we should not give up. Somewhere there is a voice in the wreckage." (Michael Palin). Since ISIS occupied Raqqa in eastern Syria, it has become one of the most isolated and fear-ridden cities on earth. The sale of televisions has been banned, wearing trousers the wrong length is a punishable offence, and using a mobile phone is considered an unforgivable crime. No journalists are allowed in and the penalty for speaking yo the western media is death by beheading. Despite this, after several months of nervy and often interrupted conversations, the BBC was able to make contact with a small activist group, Al-Sharqiya 24. Finally, courageously, one of their members agreed to write a personal diary about his experiences. Having seen friends and relatives butchered, his community's life shattered and the local economy ruined by these hate-fuelled extremists, Samer is fighting back in the only way he can: by telling the world what is happening to his beloved city. This is Samer's story Notes Translated from the Arabic Subject Āl Saʻūd, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Saʻūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz. Āl Saʻūd, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Saʻūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz -- Diaries. IS (Organization) Refugees. Refugees -- Syria -- Diaries. SUBJECT Raqqah (Syria) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005022758 -- Social conditions -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008643 Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001714 Raqqah (Syria) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005022758 -- Social conditions -- 21st century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008643 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Genre/Form Personal narratives Biography Diaries. Personal narratives. History. Personal narratives. Diaries. Biography. Reading nook. Biographies. Author Thomson, Mike, editor Coello, Scott, illustrator Ibrahim, Nader, translator Neal, John (Editor), editor ISBN 9781786330536 (hardback) 1786330539 (hardback)

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