Paradises Lost - A Biography of a Jihadist  (English, Paperback, Ahmed Sayeed)

The book depicts the life of a teenage Jihadist, who is born and brought up in Al-Aqqa of Syria, the second biggest city after Damascus. He is left with his mother and brother after his father died a Jihadi. Trained in the Mufti course in Arabic, he joins DAHESH after developing a negative attitude towards the Shiites. DAHESH’s goal is to topple the Al-Assad’s Government, run mainly by Shiites, to avenge their monopoly of oil in the black market. Despite his mother’s objections, he and his brother want to become trained suicide bombers and attain a place in Paradise. Do they succeed in making Jihad their way of life? Do they truly succeed in finding a place in Paradise? Based on true events, this book reports the incidents that took place in Syria in January 2016.