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100 1  Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach|4aut 
245 14 The daughters of Kobani :|ba story of rebellion, courage, 
       and justice /|cGayle Tzemach Lemmon 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2021 
300    288 pages 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "The extraordinary story of the women who took on the 
       Islamic State and won In 2014, northeastern Syria might 
       have been the last place you would expect to find a revolu
       -tion centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an 
       all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town
       few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept
       across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town 
       and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around 
       it. From that unlikely showdown in the town of Kobani 
       emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS 
       across northern Syria as partner of 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, town by town--
       the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of on-
       the-ground reporting, The Daughters of Kobani is the 
       unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia 
       that improbably became part of the world's best hope for 
       stopping ISIS in Syria. Over hundreds of hours of 
       interviews, bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon 
       introduces us to the women fighting on the front lines, 
       determined to not only extinguish the terror of ISIS but 
       also prove that women could lead in war and must enjoy 
       equal rights come the peace. In helping to cement the 
       territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women 
       astounded the world, these women played a central role in 
       neutralizing the threat the group posed worldwide. In the 
       process they earned the respect--and significant military 
       support--of U.S. Special Operations Forces. Rigorously 
       reported and powerfully told, The Daughters of Kobani 
       shines a light on a group of women intent on not only 
       defeating the Islamic State on the battlefield but also 
       changing women's lives in their corner of the Middle East 
       and beyond"--|cProvided by publisher 
600 14 Kurd ʻAlī, Muḥammad,|d1876-1953 
610 20 Kurdish Women's Protection Units (Organization) 
610 20 IS (Organization) 
610 24 Islamiska staten (organisation) 
650  0 Kurds|zSyria|zʻAyn al ʻArab|xHistory 
650  0 Women soldiers|zSyria|zʻAyn al ʻArab 
650  0 Special operations (Military science)|zSyria 
650  0 Insurgency|zSyria 
650  7 Specialoperationer|2sao 
650  7 Syriska inbördeskriget 2011-|2sao 
650  7 Kvinnliga soldater|2sao 
650  7 Kurder|xhistoria|2sao 
650  7 Kurder|xhistoria|y1989-|2sao 
651  0 ʻAyn al ʻArab (Syria)|xHistory, Military|y21st century 
651  0 Syria|xHistory|yCivil War, 2011-|xWomen 
651  7 Syrien|2sao