A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781942658108)

A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic State

In war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society--based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality--has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders.

A Road Unforeseen recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all-women militia was instrumental in the perilous mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged in Iraq. Up to that point, the Islamic State had seemed invincible. Yet these women helped vanquish them, bringing the first half of the refugees to safety within twenty-four hours.

Who are the revolutionary women of Rojava and what lessons can we learn from their heroic story? How does their political philosophy differ from that of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Islamic State, and Turkey? And will the politics of the twenty-first century be shaped by the opposition between these political models?

Author: Meredith Tax
ISBN-10: 1942658109
ISBN-13: 9781942658108
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2016
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2016 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2016