One morning in October 2013, nineteen-year-old Ayan Juma and her sixteen-year-old sister Leila left their family home in Oslo to travel to Syria to support the Syrian Jihad. What follows is the gripping, heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart. Åsne Seierstad - with the complete support of the family - follows the story from the start, through its many dramatic twists and turns. A gripping true account.