The Daughters of Kobani av Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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<p><strong>The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won</strong></p><p>In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women''s rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Kobani. By then, the Islamic State had swept across vast swathes of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria alongside the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women''s equality a reality by fighting - house by house, street by street, city by city - the men who bought and sold women.</p><p>Based on years of on-the-ground reporting, <em>The Daughters of Kobani</em> is the unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia tha