On Jihadi Jane

Tabish Khair’s new book like Jihadi Jane is a tale of disaffected second generation immigrants finding solace in radical Islam. It is a book that traces the radicalization of young women who willingly go to fight for ISIS and becoming jihadi brides. The two friends, Jamilla and Ameena are daughters of Pakistani migrants who moved to Britain. They were as different as they could be – Jamilla, the hijab wearing religious one, Ameena – the regular British teenager fooling aroun…