I Was in Raqqa (Arabic: كنت في الرقة) (Persian: من در رقه بودم)
First edition (Arabic)
Author
Hedi Yahmed
Translator
Vahid Khazzab (translated to Persian)
Language
Arabic
Subject
ISIS, joining the Islamic State (ISIS) in Raqqa and fleeing from it
Genre
Story, Biography, Memory, War, Politic
Publisher
In Tunisia: Arabic: دار النقوش العربية In Iran: Persian: نشر نارگل
Publication date
2017 in Arabic 2018 in Persian
Publication place
Tunisia
Pages
268 in Arabic editition 312 in Persian editition
ISBN
9789938072242 Arabic edition: 9789938072242 Persian edition: 9786008199281
I Was in Raqqa is a book about Mohamed Fahem,[1] a former member of Islamic State (ISIS), written by Hedi Yahmed.[2]
Fahem is a Tunisian jihadist who joined ISIS in November 2015.[2]
Fahem spent most of his time in Raqqa, Syria. He later returned to his country.[3] He refutes the description "Islamic terrorism" and considers the acts of ISIS fighters as non-Islamic.
The book was a bestseller in Tunisia and Iran.[4]
^"I was in Ragga". nedaesfahan (in Persian). 15 July 2018.
^ ab"Tunisian best-seller at centre of debate on returning jihadists". thearabweekly.
^"تونس- ندوة صحفية حول كتاب "كنت في الرقة : هارب من الدولة الإسلامية "". arab24 (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
^"خاطرات یک داعشی پر خواننده شد- اخبار فرهنگی - اخبار تسنیم - Tasnim". Tasnim News Agency (in Persian).
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