9780306922831-0306922835-Shadow on the Mountain: A Yazidi Memoir of Terror, Resistance and Hope

Shadow on the Mountain: A Yazidi Memoir of Terror, Resistance and Hope

ISBN-13: 9780306922831
ISBN-10: 0306922835
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Katharine Holstein, Shaker Jeffrey
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780306922831
ISBN-10: 0306922835
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Katharine Holstein, Shaker Jeffrey
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover 320 pages

Summary

Shadow on the Mountain: A Yazidi Memoir of Terror, Resistance and Hope (ISBN-13: 9780306922831 and ISBN-10: 0306922835), written by authors Katharine Holstein, Shaker Jeffrey, was published by Da Capo Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Middle East (Historical, Iraq, Middle East History, United States, Military History, Iraq War) books. You can easily purchase or rent Shadow on the Mountain: A Yazidi Memoir of Terror, Resistance and Hope (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Middle East books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.37.

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A powerful and inspiring memoir of a young Yazidi who served as a U.S. combat interpreter but was later forced to flee into the mountains of Iraq to avoid the ISIS slaughter of his people

Shaker Jeffrey's life has been an odyssey of courage, cunning, and desperation. His journey began as a fatherless Iraqi farm boy. As a child he hung out with American troops and practiced his English. Soon he was helping gather information about terrorists, becoming one of the youngest combat interpreters to work for the United States government, even attracting the notice of General Petraeus.
When he was barely sixteen, ISIS overran his Yazidi community and slaughtered most of its people. He narrowly escaped to the mountains with the remnants of his community. But with incredible daring, he became a valuable go-between, informing the U.S. military of the plight of the trapped Yazidis. Time and again he risked his life, going into enemy territory disguised as an ISIS fighter to mount daring rescue operations. Shaker saved over 1,000 civilians from ISIS, including hundreds of girls forced into sex slavery, although he was unable to save his own fiancée from a terrible fate.
Shaker's powerful and inspiring narrative offers a human face to the people and places caught in the crosshairs of a borderless conflict that has come to define our age.

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