Why Women Join the Islamic State

Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 2:19 p.m.

b'Azadeh Moaveni joins Jon Alterman to discuss her new book,\\xa0Guest House for Young Widows.\\xa0Azadeh is a\\xa0writer and journalist who serves as the gender project director at the International Crisis Group. She tells Jon about some of the women she encountered while writing the book and why they joined the Islamic State. Then, Natasha, Will, and McKinley discuss the deradicalization process for women returning to their home countries.\\n\\nWill Todman and Erol Yayboke, \\u201cRefugees Could Help Solve Lebanon\\u2019s Economic Crisis,\\u201d\\xa0CSIS,\\xa0July 10, 2020.\\n\\nWill Todman, \\u201cCross-Border Aid, Covid-19, and U.S. Decisions in Syria,\\u201d\\xa0CSIS,\\xa0May 8, 2020.\\n\\nAzadeh Moaveni,\\xa0Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS,\\xa0Penguin Random House, September 8, 2019.\\n\\nTranscript, \\u201cWhy Women Join the Islamic State,\\u201d\\xa0CSIS,\\xa0August 11, 2020.'