★★★★★This is the story of a pacifist who waged war, a girl named Angel who lived in Kobane, a place that she describes as like Berwick-upon-Tweed but in northern Syria. She’s the daughter of a farmer, a Kurd, and a smart girl who wants to be a lawyer. But Daesh, or so-called Islamic State, had other ideas, because in 2014 they laid siege to Kobane. She stands before us, telling us her tale, of how she fled with her mother to go to Europe, only to turn back to search for her father. In a land of fear, where you…

Source: The Times August 08, 2016 15:56 UTC