Lamiya Bashar

Sadr comments positively on Bashar’s presence in WYF

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 - 09:19 GMT

Iraqi Ambassador to Egypt Habib al-Sadr said on the World Youth Forum's (WYF) sidelines, that he came to Sharm El-Sheikh to visit the escaped captive Lamiya Aja Bashar, who told her story with “courage.”

An escaped IS captive tells her story at World Youth Forum

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 - 08:50 GMT

Bashar was obliged to wear a hijab, learn the Quran and was subject to physical abuse, including gang rape.

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