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The Daughters of Kobani
In her book, "Cultural support teams," Ashley Judd tells the story of young women who served in Afghanistan. She says they were asked to be part of Special Operations and put their hands up for missions. The concern was always that no one will remember this happened if we don't tell it, she says. In your third book, you tell a different set of fighters: This is the daughters of Kobani; putting a spotlight on women in the Kurdish militia. Can you tell us how you came upon this extraordinary story?
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