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The Beekeeper

Dunya Mikhail

The true story of a beekeeper who risks his life to rescue enslaved women from Daesh Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won’t convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women. The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · medium confidenceWar & Military81 signalsLlm Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Biography -> BiographyLiterary Biography

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction2019FinalistSource URL pending
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