Zachariah Mampilly
Bio:
Zachariah Mampilly is director of Africana studies and associate professor of political science at Vassar College. He is the author of Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change (Zed 2015) and Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War (Cornell 2011).
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Pushed and pulled: What is the lure for Western women to join ISIS?
The British government is scrambling to find three of its female citizens traveling to join the ranks of foreign recruits to the Islamic State (IS or ISIS). These young women are not alone. According to one recent study, more than 500 women from Western countries have traveled to join the extremists in Iraq and Syria.
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