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A review by stephaniejnl
The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Dunya Mikhail
3.0
5 stars for shining a light on these undescribable experiences and the people who risked so much to save others.
The book itself consists mostly of transcriptions of telephone calls between the writer and mr. Abdullah Shrem, the beekeeper turned rescuer. This made it a rather cold and distant way of telling the story. Would have liked more background information and general information, e.g. how did he pay for all the recue missions? How were the people who worked with him able to do what they did?
This book tells a very important story but in my opinion, it does so in the most minimal way.
The book itself consists mostly of transcriptions of telephone calls between the writer and mr. Abdullah Shrem, the beekeeper turned rescuer. This made it a rather cold and distant way of telling the story. Would have liked more background information and general information, e.g. how did he pay for all the recue missions? How were the people who worked with him able to do what they did?
This book tells a very important story but in my opinion, it does so in the most minimal way.