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020 $a9781250180575 (pbk.) :$cNT$630
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100 1 $aMekhennet, Souad,$eauthor.
245 10$aI was told to come alone :$bmy journey behind the lines of jihad /$cSouad Mekhennet.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York :$bHenry Holt and Company,$c2017.
300 $ax, 354 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTurkey, 2014 -- 1. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Germany and Morocco, 1978-93 -- 2. The Hamburg Cell -- Germany, 1994-2003 -- 3. A Country with a Divided Soul -- Iraq, 2003-4 -- 4. A Call from Khaled el-Masri -- Germany and Algeria,2004-6 -- 5. Even If I Die Today or Tomorrow -- Lebanon, 2007 -- 6. The Lost Boys of Zarqa -- Jordan, 2007 -- 7. The Value of a Life -- Algeria, 2008 -- 8. Guns and Roses -- Pakistan, 2009 -- 9. Mukhabarat -- Egypt, 2011 -- 10. This Is Notan Arab Spring -- Germany and Tunisia, 2011 -- 11. Threats -- Bahrain, Iran, and Germany, 2011-13 -- 12. Boys for the Caliphate -- Germany, 2013 -- 13. Brides for the Caliphate -- Germany and France, 2014-15 -- 14. The Search for an IslamistBeatle, or Finding Jihadi John -- Britain, 2014-15 -- 15. Terror Comes Home -- Austria, France, and Belgium, 2015-16 -- Epilogue: The Deepest Cut -- Germany and Morocco, 2016.
520 $aFor her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance the two sides of her upbringing - Muslim and Western. She has also sought to provide a mediating voice between these cultures, which too often misunderstand each other. In this compelling and evocative memoir, Mekhennet journeys behind the lines of jihad, starting in the German cities where the 9/11 plotters were radicalized and the Iraqi neighborhoods where Sunnis and Shia turned against one another, and culminating on the Turkish/Syrian border region where ISIS is a daily presence. In the Middle East and North Africa, she documents her chilling run-ins with various intelligence services and shows why the Arab Spring never lived up to its promise. She then returns to Europe, first in London, where she uncovers the identity of the notorious ISIS executioner Jihadi John, and then in France, Belgium, and native Germany, where terror has come to the heart of Western civilization. Mekhennet's background has given her unique access to the world's most wanted men, and she is not afraid to face personal danger to reach out to individuals in the inner circles of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and their affiliates; when she is told to come alone to an interview, she never knows what awaits at her destination.
600 10$aEmwazi, Mohammed,$d-2015.
600 10$aMekhennet, Souad.
650 0$aJihad.
650 0$aTerrorism$zMiddle East.
650 0$aWoman journalists$vBiography.
650 0$aMuslim women$vBiography.