The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Iraqi journalist Dunya Mikhail is the deeply moving real-life account of an Iraqi honey trader who used his regional knowledge to help liberate Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS. Dunya weaves together recent tales of near-impossible escapes with her own experience of exile. A former journalist at The Baghdad Observer and winner of the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing, Dunya talks to SBS’s Janice Petersen to reflect on a remarkable story that offers a hopeful counterpoint to terror and hatred.

The Beekeeper of Sinjar&nbsp;by Iraqi journalist&nbsp;Dunya Mikhail&nbsp;is the deeply moving real-life account of an Iraqi honey trader who used his regional knowledge to help liberate Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS. Dunya weaves together recent tales of near-impossible escapes with her own experience of exile. A former journalist at&nbsp;The Baghdad Observer&nbsp;and winner of the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing, Dunya talks to SBS&rsquo;s&nbsp;Janice Petersen&nbsp;to reflect on a remarkable story that offers a hopeful counterpoint to terror and hatred.

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