Paradise.

jihad. Struggle; holy war.

jihad al-nafs. Jihad of the soul; internal holy war.

jihad bi’l-sayf. Jihad of the sword; battle against infidels.

jilbab. Long, loose coat or garment with a hood.

jinn. Spirits, demons.

jizya. Tax on non-Muslims.

Kaaba. The cubelike building at the center of Islam’s most sacred mosque in Mecca.

kafir. Nonbeliever; infidel (singular); kuffar (plural).

kazab. Liar.

keffiyeh. Men’s scarf worn around the neck and head.

kufi. Prayer cap.

madhab. School of thought within Islamic jurisprudence.

maqqar. A hostel for women.

muhajirat. Female emigrants.

mujahideen. Participants in jihad; holy warriors.

muntadayat. Forums, gatherings.

mutah. Joy, pleasure.

nikah. Marriage conducted according to Muslim law.

nikah al-mut’. A temporary marriage.

niqab. A woman’s garment covering the entire face except the eyes.

qami. Tunic.

qatl bi qisas. Principle of retribution in sharia, a life for a life.

Quraysh. Powerful tribe in the Arabian Peninsula in the time of Muhammad.

Ramadan. The ninth month in the Islamic calendar, the fasting month.

ridda. Apostasy; abandonment of Islam.

sabr. Perseverance, patience.

salam aleikum. Peace be with you.

shabiha. Ghost, applied to agents of Syrian security services.

Shahada. Declaration of faith, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

sharia. Islamic law.

Shaytan. Satan.

shura. Ruling council.

sunna. Muslim law based on the teachings and practices of Muhammad.

sura. Chapter of the Koran.

swt. Abbreviation of Subhanahu wa ta’ala: May He [Allah] be glorified and exalted.

talaq. Islamic divorce.

ulama. Islamic legal scholars (plural); alim (singular).

umm. Mother.

ummah. Society; the Muslim community throughout the world.

ummati. My people.

wali. Guardian.

wallahi. By Allah; I swear to God.

wudu. Ritual washing before prayer.

Yahudi. Jew (singular); Yahud (plural).

zakat. Alms, charity, taxes; one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

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ALSO BY ÅSNE SEIERSTAD

With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia

The Bookseller of Kabul

A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal

The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War

One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway—and Its Aftermath

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian journalist and writer known for her work as a war correspondent. She is the author of One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway—and Its Aftermath, The Bookseller of Kabul, A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War, and With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia. She lives in Oslo, Norway. You can sign up for email updates here.

A NOTE ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Seán Kinsella is from Dublin. He has translated a variety of books by Norwegian writers such as Kjell Askildsen, Tore Renberg, and Stig Sæterbakken. He lives in Norway. You can sign up for email updates here.

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Author’s Note

PART I

  1.  The Rupture

  2.  Veiled

  3.  Blindman’s Buff

  4.  In

PART II

  5.  Early Teens

  6.  The Mission

  7.  Eating with the Devil

  8.  Norway, Thine Is Our Devotion

  9.  This Outfit

10.  It’s All About the Heart

11.  Valentine’s Ummah

12.  Target Practice

13.  Halal Dating

14.  Paragraphs

15.  Strange Bird

16.  Separation

17.  Fraud in the Name of God

18.  The October Revolution

PART III

19.  Danse Macabre

20.  Blueprint

21.  Home

22.  A Kind, Wonderful Man

23.  Spoils of War

24.  The End of Sykes-Picot

25.  God Is Not Great

PART IV

26.  Not Without My Daughters

27.  New Year, New Opportunities

28.  Housewives of Raqqa

29.  Boys from Norway

30.  Shoot the Girls If You Want!

31.  Ramadan

PART V

32.  A Different Life

33.  Voices in the Mind

34.  Legacy

The Basis of the Book

Glossary

References

Also by Åsne Seierstad

A Note About the Author and Translator

Copyright

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Copyright © 2016 by Åsne Seierstad

Translation copyright © 2018 by Seán Kinsella

All rights reserved

Originally published in Norwegian in 2016 by Kagge, Norway, as To søstre

English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

First American edition, 2018

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Seierstad, Åsne, 1970– author.

Title: Two sisters: a father, his daughters, and their journey into the Syrian jihad / Åsne Seierstad; translated from the Norwegian by Seán Kinsella.

Other titles: To søstre. English

Description: First American Edition. | New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017047949 | ISBN 9780374279677 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: IS (Organization) | Terrorists—Norway—Recruiting. | Women terrorists—Norway. | Radicalism. | Muslims—Ethnic identity.

Classification: LCC HV6433.N8 S45165

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