Drawing on copious interviews and verbatim excerpts from the subjects social media, asne seierstad offers us an overtheshoulder look at a somali family in norway being torn apart by the religious fanaticism of the familys two teenage daughters. Brilliantly conceived, scrupulously reported and beautifully written, this book is compulsive reading. Later that day they sent an email to their unsuspecting parents, confessing they were on their way to syria. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway, 2015, etc. Aggrotexting from the syrian jihad the new york times. A masterpiece and a masterclass in investigative journalism christina lamb, sunday times on 17 october 20, teenage sisters ayan and leila juma left their family home near oslo, seemingly as usual.
Two sisters by asne seierstad book oxygen this site would like to use cookies but to do so requires your permission. Two sisters is norwegian writer asne seierstads nonfiction account of an emigrant family torn apart by islamic extremism, and a roadmap of how relatively comfortable and welleducated youth can. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, leila and ayan, have vanishedand are. Asne seierstad with the complete support of the juma family followed the story from the beginning, through its many dramatic twists and turns. Two sisters is a harrowing read, as it lays bare the most barbaric aspects of humanity. The names of the two sisters have been changed, but the story related by asne seierstad, author of the bookseller of kabul is entirely true. Feb 01, 2017 asne seierstad is a norwegian author and journalist. Brilliantly conceived, scrupulously reported and beautifully written, this book. A father, his daughters, and their journey into the syrian jihad, seierstad, the author of several other works, including one of us, about the 2011. Asne seierstads new book is about sisters who went to syria without telling a soul, and their fathers attempt to get them back. One morning in october 20, 19yearold ayan juma and her 16yearold sister, leila, left their family home in oslo. Apr 06, 2018 two sisters, a riveting and masterfully constructed book of reportage by norwegian journalist asne seierstad, attempts to answer a question that much of the world is asking.
Asne seierstad talks about two sisters, her international bestseller about two girls who emigrate from somalia to norway only to end up joining is in syria dina ezzat. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, leila and ayan, have vanished. The riveting true story of two sisters journey to the islamic state and the father who tries to bring them home. You did not suddenly wake up one day a fanatic, writes norwegian journalist seierstad one of us. Asne seierstad born 10 february 1970 is a norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones most notably kabul after 2001, baghdad in 2002 and the ruined grozny in 2006. Two sisters, about teenage girls who left norway to fight. Asne seierstads book two sisters turned out touch me at a much more.
Two sisters by asne seierstad is published by virago. Why would two norwegian teenagers abandon life at home for isis. Two sisters asne seierstad 9780374279677 netgalley. Two sisters, by the international bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the unforgettable. Apr 04, 2018 two sisters follows a father trying to bring his two daughters home from jihad in syria norwegian journalist asne seierstad follows the true story of an immigrant who left somaliland for europe. Seierstadt shows how the distraught family responds and the efforts of the father to bring the girls back.
Two sisters, by the international bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Two sisters follows a father trying to bring his two daughters home from jihad in syria norwegian journalist asne seierstad follows the true story. Apr 03, 2020 two sisters is a grimly informative study of how not only societies but families too can be riven and sundered by unquestionable, fanatical belief, says david sexton asne seierstad made her name with a series of closely reported books set in conflict zones, including her 2002 bestseller, the bookseller of kabul, followed by one hundred and one. Apr 03, 2018 two sisters, a new book by the norwegian journalist asne seierstad and translated by sean kinsella, begins in the aftermath of the girls departure, which stunned their family and. Two sisters by asne seierstad, 9780349009063, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Boston globe best books of the year, npr best book of the year.
Two sisters, by the internationally bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Two sisters is a relentless thriller and a feat of reporting with profound lessons about belief, extremism, and the meaning of devotion. Seierstad fixes her lens on one of the most disturbing conundrums of our time what leads ordinary people to become terrorists. Mar 27, 2018 two sisters by asne seierstad is published by virago. Two sisters is norwegian writer asne seierstad s nonfiction account of an emigrant family torn apart by islamic extremism, and a roadmap of how relatively comfortable and welleducated youth can become radicalised to the point of jihad. Two sisters isnt only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society of its failings and its joys. Two sisters, by the international bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a. She is especially known for her work on life in warterritories. April 4, 2018 norwegian journalist asne seierstads new book is a heartbreaking but necessary account of two teenage sisters from a moderate muslim family who fled to wartorn syria after. Even without the sisters voices, the passages in which seierstad attempts to piece together how the girls were radicalized are absorbing. Review how faulty adolescent decisionmaking landed two. Her latest work is haunting, luminously written and compelling. Two sisters is a grimly informative study of how not only societies but families too can be riven and sundered by unquestionable, fanatical belief, says david sexton asne seierstad made her name with a series of closely reported books set in conflict zones, including her 2002 bestseller, the bookseller of kabul, followed by one hundred and one. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters leila and ayan have vanishedand.
Apr 04, 2018 two sisters leave home for syria, tearing a family apart norwegian journalist asne seierstads new book is a heartbreaking but necessary account of two teenage sisters from a moderate muslim. Two sisters is norwegian writer asne seierstads nonfiction account of. Two sisters isnt only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society of its failings and its joys luke harding a masterwork. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters leila and ayan have vanishedand are en. Norwegian journalist asne seierstad attempts to answer this question as she reconstructs the radicalization of two girls, ages 19 and 16, who go to bed one night in their somali community in norway only leave for syria the next day to become members of isis. Two sisters, about teenage girls who left norway to. Two sisters, by the international bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the.
A powerful and gripping true account of a family torn apart by the author of the international bestseller. She has written a few other books, one becoming a bestseller, depicting life during the war in kabul. It is an ending anyone reading seierstads book would have preferred ayan and leila never return home. Her most recent book to sostre, meaning two sisters was published in october 2016 and has already won the brage. Peace, gods mercy and blessings upon you, mum and dad. This is the story of two sisters who left their home in norway to join the jihad in syria. Two sisters, about teenage girls who left norway to fight with isis. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters leila and ayan have vanished and are en route to. Asne seierstad two sisters, by the international bestselling author asne seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Two sisters follows a father trying to bring his two. In october 20 two teenage sisters left oslo for syria. The girls are norwegiansomalis, from a devout but tolerant family. A book within the genre of literary journalism is composed of scenes.
Asne seierstad talks about two sisters, her international bestseller about two girls who emigrate from somalia to norway only to end up joining is in syria dina ezzat, thursday 20 feb 2020 tweet. A father, his daughters, and their journey into the syrian jihad. Asne seierstad describes them, their families, and their life in an out of school. In which the sins of the children are visited upon the fathers. May 25, 2018 it is an ending anyone reading seierstads book would have preferred ayan and leila never return home. Two sisters, a new book by the norwegian journalist asne seierstad and translated by sean kinsella, begins in the aftermath of the girls departure, which stunned their family and. Two sisters isnt only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society of its failings and its joys luke harding, author of collusion.
Two sisters a father, his daughters, and their journey into the syrian jihad. Theyve grown up and attended good schools in baerum. Translated from the norwegian by sean kinsella farrar, straus and giroux farrar, straus and giroux. Its a tale that crosses from sadiq and saras original home in somalia, to their council estate in oslo, to turkey and to syria where two teenage sisters must face the shocking consequences of. A father, his daughters, and their journey into the syrian jihad came to and end during a small event organized by the royal. Asne seierstad is the supreme nonfiction writer of her generation. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, leila and ayan, have vanishedand are en route to syria to aid the islamic state. They had been planning the trip for months in secret.
Two sisters, a new book by the norwegian journalist asne seierstad and translated by sean kinsella, begins in the aftermath of the girls departure, which stunned their family and tightknit somali immigrant community. Mar, 2018 asne seierstad with the complete support of the juma family followed the story from the beginning, through its many dramatic twists and turns. Brilliantly conceived, scrupulously reported and beautifully written, this book is compulsive reading jon lee anderson. Mar 21, 2018 the names of the two sisters have been changed, but the story related by asne seierstad, author of the bookseller of kabul is entirely true. Later that day they sent an email to their parents. Asne seierstads absorbing new book, two sisters, attempts to answer. Two sisters is less a portrait of why two european women joined isis than one of those they left behind. Two sisters leave home for syria, tearing a family apart. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters, leila and ayan, have vanished and are en route to syria to aid the islamic state. Seierstad was born in oslo, but grew up in lillehammer, norway to a feminist author mother, lector froydis guldahl, and a leftist politician father, assistant professor dag seierstad b. Sadiq and sara, somali immigrants raising a family in norway, one day discover that their teenage daughters leila and ayan have vanishedand are en route to syria to aid the islamic state.
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