The Office of Global Health (OGH) invites you to spend your lunch hour with us. Come view one of the many extraordinary DVDs from our library.
Escaping ISIS
- Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015
- Time: 12:00 noon CT
- Location: ***ACB 20***
Frontline delivers a stunning look at the plight of women and children who are Yazidis, a religious minority that have been targeted by ISIS for particularly brutal treatment, as ISIS tries to impose upon them what it claims is a pure version of Islam, including harsh restrictions on women. Frontline’s Edward Watts spent two months in Iraq and Turkey filming the documentary and securing undercover footage. Meet Khalil al-Dakhi, a former Iraqi lawyer, who leads an effort to rescue women and children taken captive by ISIS. In Turkey, Abu Mahammed, a 26-year-old Syrian, heads another group against ISIS; rather than smuggling out women, he smuggles out footage shot secretly by him and his network of activists that provides a gripping look inside ISIS’ brutal reign. With ISIS continuing to seize and hold territory in Iraq and Syria, Escaping ISIS reveals the gripping, first-hand accounts of women who escaped the group’s capture and enslavement.
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is necessary.
Free snacks will be provided!
For more information, please contact OGH at globalhealth@ttuhsc.edu
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