I was told to come alone : my journey behind the lines of jihad
by Mekhennet, Souad (Author)
Summary
"The journalist who broke the "Jihadi John" story draws on her personal experience to bridge the gap between the Muslim world and the West and explain the rise of Islamic radicalism Souad Mekhennet has lived her entire life between worlds. The daughter of a Turkish mother and a Moroccan father, she... Full description
- Prologue: Meeting ISIS: Turkey, 2014
- Stranger in a strange land: Germany and Morocco, 1978-93
- The Hamburg cell: Germany, 1994-2003
- A country with a divided soul: Iraq, 2003-4
- A call from Khaled el-Masri: Germany and Algeria, 2004-6
- Even if I die today or tomorrow: Lebanon, 2007
- The lost boys of Zarqa: Jordan, 2007
- The value of a life: Algeria, 2008
- Guns and roses: Pakistan, 2009
- Mukhabarat: Egypt, 2011
- This is not an Arab spring: Germany and Tunisia, 2011
- Threats: Bahrain, Iran, and Germany, 2011-13
- Boys for the Caliphate: Germany, 2013
- Brides for the Caliphate: Germany and France, 2014-15
- The search for an Islamist Beatle, or Finding Jihadi John: Britain, 2014-15
- Terror comes home: Austria, France, and Belgium, 2015-16
- Epilogue: The deepest cut: Germany and Morocco, 2016.