Former female IS prisoner speaks at University of Queensland

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 22, 2016

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former Islamic State prisoner Nadia Murad will address the University of Queensland next week on behalf of the Yazidi people.

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