Monday, September 26, 2016

Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS

"Ahmed" was an engineering student at Mosul University when so-called Islamic State (IS) militants stormed into the city in June 2014. From that day, everything changed. The university shut and life became a daily struggle to survive.

This summer, after two years, Ahmed (not his real name) managed to escape. In the weeks before, at great personal risk, he secretly kept a diary of living in the shadow of death under IS. Ahmed has shared his diary exclusively with the BBC. Here are some excerpts documenting one week....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37411167


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