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A British writer and journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan, this author delves into the dramatic events and human experiences of the region. Her work consistently explores the impact of wars and conflicts on ordinary lives, offering sharp insights into complex socio-political landscapes. Through compelling prose, she brings distant lands and their inhabitants into sharper focus for the reader.
- 2022
- 2019
With Ash on Their Faces: Yezidi Women and the Islamic State
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
About the BookISIS’s genocidal attack on the Yezidi population of northern Iraq in the summer of 2014 brought the world’s attention to followers of a faith with a long history of persecution. Large Numbers of men were executed, while thousands of Yezidi women were taken to the Islamic state to be sold as chattel for ISIS fighters. The headlines have moved on, but many Yezidi women and children remain in captivity. Their mass abduction is here conveyed with extraordinary intensity by the first-hand reporting of a young journalist who has worked in Iraqi Kurdistan for four years. Based on extensive interviews with survivors, as well as those who smuggled them to safety, with Ash on their faces presents a unique and profoundly moving account of the privations and resistance of those enslaved by a monstrous regime.About the AuthorCathy Otten is a British writer and journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She writes for a range of publications including the Independent, Newsweek, BBC, TIME, Vogue, Politico, Monocle, the Guardian and the Telegraph. She is a regular commentator on TV and radio, talking about Iraq and the war with ISIS.