Love in a Torn Land, Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance

In every word I write

All the birds here chant your name.

I am nothing without you.”

When Joanna al-Askari read these wonderful words from the man she loved, little did she know what joy—and challenges—would await her when she joined him in marriage and in the fight for Kurdish independence.

While Iraq is everywhere in today’s headlines, the story of the Kurdish people and their struggle for survival under Saddam Hussein is one that has remained largely untold—until...