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Jun 2018
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Chapter Nine: Prisoners, Part Two

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Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. Read the full statement.

After three years in ISIS captivity, a young Yazidi girl returns to her family. Rukmini is there to witness it.

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