With Ash on Their Faces - Yezidi Women and the Islamic State

ISIS's genocidal attack on the Yezidi population in northern Iraq in 2014 brought the world's attention to the small faith that numbers less than one million worldwide. That summer ISIS massacred Yezidi men and enslaved women and children. Many of the stories about the abduction and enslavement of Yezidi women and children describe them as "sex slaves" and this narrative has stereotyped Yezidi women as solely passive victims of mass rape at the hands of perpetrators presented as the embodiment of pure evil. Cathy Otten challenges this perception in With Ash on their Faces by focusing on stories of resistance-the Yezidis speak of 74 genocides in their history-passed down by generations as folklore. Otten bases her book on interviews with ISIS survivors, as well as those who smuggled them to safety, painstakingly piecing together their accounts of enslavement. Their deeply moving personal narratives bring alive a human tragedy.

About the author

Cathy Otten is a British writer and journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She writes for a range of publications including the Independent, Newsweek, BBC, TIME, Vogue, Politico, Monocle, the Guardian and the Telegraph. She is a regular commentator on TV and radio, talking about Iraq and the war with ISIS.

Foreword

Interviews likely: Al Jazeera, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, BBC Radio, NPR

Excerpts likely: The Guardian, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Independent, TIME, The Daily Beast

Product details

• Authors: Cathy Otten
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2022
• EAN: 9781682192870
• ISBN: 978-1-68219-287-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Gender studies: women and girls, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, c 2010 to c 2019