She has many names and many visages. She has loves and desires. She dares to dream of a future for herself and her people, despite living under the shadow of the gun, the acrid odour of devastation clogging her nostrils. For the most part she is stoic, for the garrison is also her home, her workplace, her field and her playground. Sometimes, she cries out in anguish, but the sound is muted, for there are few who want to hear. Her suffering and courage would be the stuff of legend, if only legend consisted of ordinary women carrying out extraordinary acts, going about the daily business of survival, displaying super-human strength in countering a mighty military juggernaut.Laxmi Murthy
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The story of Nadia Murad is one of struggle, hope, resilience and the strength of the human spirit. For much of her life she lived in captivity under ISIS, where she was held in prison for over three years. Her captors beat her, raped her and sold her into slavery. She was forced to commit acts of sexual violence against other prisoners.
She was shot several times, beaten with metal rods and whipped with electric cables. She was raped by men twice her age. She endured all of this while pregnant with twins.
As a result, she lost both her twins to miscarriage at the age of 20. After being liberated from the prison in Iraq by Kurdish forces, she became an advocate for women's rights.
Source: Garrisoned Minds: Women And Armed Conflict In South Asia
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