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When the story of your suffering is the best weapon you have

When the story of your suffering is the best weapon you have

Book: The Last Girl; Author: Nadia Murad; Publisher: Vergo Press/Hachette India; Pages: 306; Price: Rs 499 She suffered at the hands of the Islamic State, was held captive as a sex slave, but went on to become a human rights campaigner and was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Congolese Denis Mukwege. In her memoir, "The Last Girl", Nadia Murad recalls the dreadful sequence of events that led to her captivity and reflects on the life she has been leading thereafter. It is a painful story, of a life shattered all of a sudden, that left Murad with…
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