I Survived ISIS
A Yazidi Woman's Escape from Genocide
Published on 13. January 2026
160 pages
978-1-4597-5658-8 (ISBN)
Description
- Shines a light on the horrors experienced by women under zones of conflict, in particular the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq that is demonized by ISIS and a target for cultural genocide
- Written by a real survivor of enslavement, human trafficking, and genocide, with the help of her high school teacher
- Comparative titles include war survival memoirs by women: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung and I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
- Authors residence: Calgary, Alberta
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04/2026
Dundurn Press
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Roza Alomar is a proud Yazidi woman from Shingal in Iraq who arrived in Canada in 2018. She graduated from James Fowler High School in 2024 and is currently studying culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. She lives in Calgary.
Sean Steel, Ph.D., has taught at the secondary and postsecondary levels for many years. He has written extensively in the field of education philosophy, including the books Plato's Myth of Er: A Personal Journey Re-told by ELL and Refugee Students and The Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness in Education: Historical Sources and Contemplative Practices. He lives in Calgary.
Sean Steel, Ph.D., has taught at the secondary and postsecondary levels for many years. He has written extensively in the field of education philosophy, including the books Plato's Myth of Er: A Personal Journey Re-told by ELL and Refugee Students and The Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness in Education: Historical Sources and Contemplative Practices. He lives in Calgary.
Content
- Introduction: Our Ancestral Lands and Heritage
- Chapter One: Life Before the Genocide
- Chapter Two: The Beginning of Our Troubles
- Chapter Three: Trapped on the Road to the Mountains
- Chapter Four: Separated in Solagh
- Chapter Five: Taken to the First Tal Afar School
- Chapter Six: Suffering and Resiliency in the Mountains
- Chapter Seven: Our Internment at Badush Prison
- Chapter Eight: The Second School at Tal Afar
- Chapter Nine: Kasr Mihrab
- Chapter Ten: The Slave Market at Raqqa
- Chapter Eleven: Trafficked to Husaybah
- Chapter Twelve: Nineveh
- Chapter Thirteen: Back to Safety and Our Journey to Canada
