Shukee Begum
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Shukee Begum is a United Kingdom citizen who described traveling to a Daesh-controlled portion of wartime Syria, where she tried, unsuccessfully, to convince her husband, Jamal al-Harith, who had volunteered for the militant group, to defect.[1]
Begum, and her five children, ended up captives, but unlike many UK women, they evaded captivity by the Daesh regime, instead they were kidnapped and put up for ransom while trying to make their way back to civilization.[1] According to a 2015 report from The Independent, Begum and her children were freed when a Syrian militia captured her ransommers.
The Telegraph's account differs.[2] In it Begum and her children did live, for a time, under Daesh rule.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kate Ferguson (2015-09-23). "British woman Shukee Begum who fled Isis with her five children rescued by Syria rebels: Shukee Begum travelled to Syria with her children to find her husband". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621031628/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/british-woman-shukee-begum-who-fled-isis-with-her-five-children-rescued-by-syria-rebels-10513564.html. Retrieved 2022-11-21. "According to The Levant Front, she had made the dangerous journey to convince her husband to leave the terror group, but failed to convince him."
- ↑ Lucy Clarke-Billings (2015-10-15). "British mother Shukee Begum in Syria: 'Isil is not my cup of tea': Shukee Begum travelled to Syria in search of her husband, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Jamal al-Harith, last year". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502162445/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11933433/British-mother-Shukee-Begum-in-Syria-Isil-is-not-my-cup-of-tea.html. Retrieved 2022-11-21. "Ms Begum, 33, travelled to Syria in search of her husband, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Jamal al-Harith, in August last year, after he joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."
