Just Another Jihadi Jane (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781566560672)

A GRIPPING NOVEL THAT COMMENTS MOVINGLY ON OUR LIVES TODAY. IT BRILLIANTLY ENGAGES PREJUDICES AND PRECONCEPTIONS AND TURNS THEM UPSIDE DOWN. ?A novel about friendship, faith, and alienation, Just Another Jihadi Jane tells the tale of Islamist radicalization from the inside. Two children of Muslim immigrants in England's industrial north--thoughtful Jamilla and rebellious Ameena--become best friends, and find in religion and social media a community as welcoming and encouraging as their public education is estranging. After Jamilla's father dies and her brother marries, the two girls leave England and join the Islamist cause in Syria. The intellectual and emotional poverty as well as the violence they find there creates a story as gripping as it is heart-wrenching. As did All Quiet on the Western Front, Tabish Khair's novel reminds a new generation that heroism and sacrifice are not limited to one side in a conflict, and that the first victims of a murderous regime are those who live within it.

Author: Tabish Khair
ISBN-10: 1566560675
ISBN-13: 9781566560672
Publisher: Interlink Books
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Library Journal 04/01/2017 pg. 76
School Library Journal 11/01/2017 pg. 95