The Bird Tattoo
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Dunya Mikhail. (2022). The Bird Tattoo. Unabridged Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dunya Mikhail. 2022. The Bird Tattoo. Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dunya Mikhail, The Bird Tattoo. Dreamscape Media, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dunya Mikhail. The Bird Tattoo. Unabridged Dreamscape Media, 2022.
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- bioText: Dunya Mikhail was born in Baghdad, Iraq. After graduating from university, she worked as a journalist and translator for The Baghdad Observer. Facing censorship and interrogation, she left Iraq, first to Jordan and then to America, settling in Detroit. Her prior book, The Beekeeper, was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing and works as a special lecturer of Arabic at Oakland University in Michigan.
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- Helen is a young Yazidi woman, living with her family in a mountain village in Sinjar, northern Iraq. One day she finds a local bird caught in a trap and frees it, just as the trapper, Elias, returns. At first angry, he soon sees the error of his ways and vows never to keep a bird captive again. Helen and Elias fall deeply in love, marry and start a family in Sinjar. The village has seemed to stand apart from time, protected by the mountains and too small to attract much political notice. But their happy existence is suddenly shattered when Elias, a journalist, goes missing. A brutal organization is sweeping over the land, infiltrating even the remotest corners, its members cloaking their violence in religious devotion. Helen's search for her husband results in her own captivity and enslavement. She eventually escapes her captors and is reunited with some of her family, but her life is forever changed. Elias remains missing and her sons, now young recruits to the organization, are...
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- Helen is a young Yazidi woman, living with her family in a mountain village in Sinjar, northern Iraq. One day she finds a local bird caught in a trap and frees it, just as the trapper, Elias, returns. At first angry, he soon sees the error of his ways and vows never to keep a bird captive again. Helen and Elias fall deeply in love, marry and start a family in Sinjar. The village has seemed to stand apart from time, protected by the mountains and too small to attract much political notice. But their happy existence is suddenly shattered when Elias, a journalist, goes missing. A brutal organization is sweeping over the land, infiltrating even the remotest corners, its members cloaking their violence in religious devotion. Helen's search for her husband results in her own captivity and enslavement. She eventually escapes her captors and is reunited with some of her family, but her life is forever changed. Elias remains missing and her sons, now young recruits to the organization, are like strangers. Will she find harmony and happiness again? For fans of Elif Shafak, Samar Yazbek's Planet of Clay, and Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, Dunya Mikhail's The Bird Tattoo chronicles a story full of great upheaval, love and loss, and beauty and horror that was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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October 10, 2022
Iraqi American poet and journalist Mikhail revisits in this frank and wrenching novel the subject of The Beekeeper, her nonfiction narrative about the impact of Daesh, the name for ISIS, on the Yazidi religious minority of northern Iraq. In 2014, a Yazidi woman named Helen has been captured by Daesh and sold into sexual slavery. Elias, her journalist husband, is held captive by Daesh, and her two sons are captured and trained as Daesh soldiers. After chapters describing Helen’s horrifying circumstances, Mikhail backtracks to 1999, when Helen meets Elias, a Yazidi man who grew up in the city of Mosul. The two marry and tattoo their ring fingers with images of the birds that are important in Yazidi culture. Mikhail then follows the couple through the years leading up to Daesh’s ascension in Iraq, and on through the struggle of Helen and other captive women to escape and rebuild their lives. While the author loses focus on the central narrative of Helen and her family, switching to the adventures of a smuggler nicknamed Goofball as he rescues numerous other women, she returns to Helen for a satisfying conclusion. Mikhail’s sympathetic and fast-moving story of ordinary life and its violent disruption makes for a moving love letter to the Yazidi.
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- content: Vaneh Assadourian is a strong guide for this novel about a young woman in Yazd, Iran. Helen's life is impacted when the increasing extremism taking place in the nation reaches her remote village. Assadourian's narration is assured and purposeful, much like Helen's personality. Listeners will sympathize with the ups and downs of the young woman's life, which eventually pits her against the political movements building in her country. Assadourian accurately represents the nation's language and culture. Listeners will root for Helen as she finds and then loses love--and battles for her freedom from enslavers who have declared themselves soldiers. Assadourian capably humanizes this dark, tumultuous period in Iran for an international audience. M.R. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
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Iraqi American poet and journalist Mikhail's (The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq) fiction debut explores the appalling impact of Daesh (also known as ISIS) on the Yazidi religious minority of northern Iraq. Narrated by Iranian American narrator Vaneh Assadourian, the book's brutal opening introduces Helen, a Yazidi woman who has been captured by Daesh and is sold as a "wife" at a market for enslaved women. Mikhail details the miseries which Helen endures; despite the appalling conditions, however, she continues to hope for escape and reunification with her family. Mikhail then shifts gears, taking listeners to the pastoral Iraqi village of Halliqi, where Helen met and fell in love with her husband Elias. Assadourian's breathtaking performance captures the piercing differences between these two worlds--one horrifically dystopian, and the other paradisaical. Assadourian's voice changes from grim and stark to warm and gentle, highlighting the resilience of the Yazidi people and showing just how much was lost in this tragedy. VERDICT This powerful and heartbreaking work thrums with the rhythm of Mikhail's lyrical and poetic language. Share with listeners who wish to learn more about Daesh rule of Mosul.--Sarah Hashimoto
Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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