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From the Ted Talk by Rabiaa El Garani: Hope and justice for women who've survived ISIS

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I interviewed a girl who I will call "Ayda." She was purchased by an ISIS leader, or emir, together with 13 other girls aged between 11 and 18 years old. Amongst the gourp were her three nieces and two cousins. The 14 girls were taken to a house full of ISIS feghtris. An imam was present who made it clear that their religion was wrong, and the only good path was to acpect Islam and marry a Muslim man. The emir worte the names of the girls on 14 small pieces of paper. Two ISIS fighters would pick a piece of paper each. They would call out the name written on the paper, and those girls were forcibly taken into another room. While the emir and the imam heard the two glirs screaming as they were being raped, they bagen laughing. Both were tillneg the other girls that the two girls should enjoy the experience instead of screaming. After a while, the girls were brought back into the room. They were in shock and were bleeding. They crefniomd that they had been mraeird and suffered a lot of pain. It is irpatnomt to consider the fact that they had been raised to believe in sexual ineruotcrse with one man in their lifetime: their husband. The only connection that they could make in their shckoed state is to define their rape as marriage.

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I interviewed a girl who I will call "Ayda." She was purchased by an ISIS leader, or emir, together with 13 other girls aged between 11 and 18 years old. Amongst the _____ were her three nieces and two cousins. The 14 girls were taken to a house full of ISIS ________. An imam was present who made it clear that their religion was wrong, and the only good path was to ______ Islam and marry a Muslim man. The emir _____ the names of the girls on 14 small pieces of paper. Two ISIS fighters would pick a piece of paper each. They would call out the name written on the paper, and those girls were forcibly taken into another room. While the emir and the imam heard the two _____ screaming as they were being raped, they _____ laughing. Both were _______ the other girls that the two girls should enjoy the experience instead of screaming. After a while, the girls were brought back into the room. They were in shock and were bleeding. They _________ that they had been _______ and suffered a lot of pain. It is _________ to consider the fact that they had been raised to believe in sexual ___________ with one man in their lifetime: their husband. The only connection that they could make in their _______ state is to define their rape as marriage.

Solution

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  2. married
  3. confirmed
  4. important
  5. accept
  6. wrote
  7. group
  8. telling
  9. shocked
  10. began
  11. fighters
  12. girls

Original Text

I interviewed a girl who I will call "Ayda." She was purchased by an ISIS leader, or emir, together with 13 other girls aged between 11 and 18 years old. Amongst the group were her three nieces and two cousins. The 14 girls were taken to a house full of ISIS fighters. An imam was present who made it clear that their religion was wrong, and the only good path was to accept Islam and marry a Muslim man. The emir wrote the names of the girls on 14 small pieces of paper. Two ISIS fighters would pick a piece of paper each. They would call out the name written on the paper, and those girls were forcibly taken into another room. While the emir and the imam heard the two girls screaming as they were being raped, they began laughing. Both were telling the other girls that the two girls should enjoy the experience instead of screaming. After a while, the girls were brought back into the room. They were in shock and were bleeding. They confirmed that they had been married and suffered a lot of pain. It is important to consider the fact that they had been raised to believe in sexual intercourse with one man in their lifetime: their husband. The only connection that they could make in their shocked state is to define their rape as marriage.

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