Bibliograph

Just another Jihadi Jane, Tabish Khair

Type

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Just another Jihadi Jane, Tabish Khair

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Just another Jihadi Jane

Oclc number

953440726

Responsibility statement

Tabish Khair

Summary

"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."--Page 4 of cover

Target audience

adult

Classification