HOME | MAY 2018 | MAY 2018 BOOK REVIEWS     The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail     Author:  Dunya Mikhail Translator:  Max Weiss and Dunya Mikhail New York. New Directions. 2018. 240 ...

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  English Deutsch عربي       Non-fiction: Dunya Mikhailʹs “The Beekeeper” Rescuing the stolen women In a harrowing compilation of true stories charting the fate of women abducted by IS in Iraq, Dunya Mikhail shows how the best of ...

ABOUT LEADERSHIP FELLOWS NEWS APPLICANTS DUNYA MIKHAIL Current Fellow Fellow: Awarded 2018 Field of Study: Poetry Competition: US & Canada Website: https://dunyamikhailpoet.com/ Dunya Mikhail was born in Iraq (Baghdad) and came to the United States thirty years later. She’s renowned ...

  BOOKS BOOK REVIEWS Poet and Iraqi exile Dunya Mikhail’s book ‘The Beekeeper’ serves as testimony for the victims of ISIS She devotes much of ‘The Beekeeper’ to transcribing the stories of the Yazidi women of northern Iraq who have ...

  THE RUMPUS MINI-INTERVIEW PROJECT #128: DUNYA MIKHAIL BY EMILY ROBBINS March 22nd, 2018 I first became aware of Dunya Mikhail through her poem “The Iraqi Nights,” translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. The poem begins: In the first year of ...

  BOOKS Genocide and the Benevolence of ‘The Beekeeper’ JENNY BHATT   USING TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN HIS WORK, AN IRAQI BEEKEEPER RESCUED YAZIDI AND CHRISTIAN MINORITY WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM DAESH DURING THE RECENT SINJAR MASSACRES.     THE BEEKEEPER: ...

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  foreword reviews /the-beekeeper/ THE BEEKEEPER RESCUING THE STOLEN WOMEN OF IRAQ Dunya Mikhail Max Weiss (Translator) New Directions (Mar 27, 2018) Softcover $16.99 (240pp) 978-0-8112-2612-7 The Beekeeper is Dunya Mikhail’s haunting account of Abdullah, who devoted his life to ...

BookTrib Review: ‘The Beekeeper’ Highlights Perseverance, Bravery and Strength