How Women Wage War – a Short History of IS Brides, Nazi Guards and FARC Insurgents

World Wide (Conversation) – The names of American-born Hoda Muthana and Brit Shamima Begum have appeared in countless headlines in the United States and Europe since these two female members of the Islamic State group were discovered in a large displaced persons camp weeks ago. The women were among the holdouts in Islamic State’s last stronghold in Baghouz, Syria. When they were found by journalists, one was pregnant and the other was caring for her young child. In the four years that these women lived as part of IS, they…

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