![]() ![]() This combination meant she was able to build relationships with people in the inner circles of terrorist groups.Īfter 9/11, a woman who lost her husband in the bombings turned to Souad and said: “Why do they hate us so much?” Souad then made it her life mission to find out and report back – so that people could understand the dynamics between the West and the Muslim world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Souad was perfectly placed to report – Muslim, European, female and fluent in Arabic. Souad became interested in terrorism during her studies – Germany is actually a hotbed for terrorism and many of the 9/11 bombers could be sourced back to Hamburg. She writes “More than once, neighbourhood parents spoke to my sister Hannan’s primary-school teacher and asked that she be removed from the class because she doesn’t “fit in.”Īt the age of five Souad went to live in Morocco with her grandmother where the Moroccan dialect of Arabic became her mother tongue alongside German. The post-migrant experience in Deutschland isn’t great – as a non-white child Souad was constantly othered. She was born in Frankfurt to a Turkish mother and a Moroccan father, both of whom came to Germany as guest-workers in the ’70s. Souad Mehkennet is a journalist who reports on terrorism and Jihad for The Washington Post and The New York Times. This month I, Alice Austin, read I Was Told To Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad. ![]()
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