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Once Held Captive By ISIS, Nadia Murad Is Now Engaged

She escaped from forced sexual slavery and became a voice for captive women and girls. Now a United Nations goodwill ambassador, Murad has announced that she is marrying a human rights activist.
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad, who survived time in ISIS captivity, and human rights activist Abid Shamdeen announced their engagement on social media.

Most of the world knows her as a survivor of ISIS brutality, but Nadia Murad, who has tried to loosen shackles of the past, recently announced her plans to be married. Her engagement comes at a time when members of her Yazidi community, an ancient religious minority, face an uncertain future in northern Iraq.

In August 2014, Murad was one of thousands of Yazidis who were captured

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