Josh Baker: how a London school girl ended up an ISIS bride

From Saturday Morning, 9:30 am on 15 April 2023

Photo: @joshbakerstory

In 2015, three British school girls went missing from their London homes, and headed to Syria to join Islamic State. For years their fate was unknown, but after the collapse of the IS caliphate, one of the girls Shamima Begum was sensationally discovered in a camp for IS women and children. 

Begum came to be seen as a poster girl for terrorism and in 2019 Britain revoked her citizenship - a decision which continues to divide public and political opinion.

Investigative BBC journalist Josh Baker travelled to Syria to meet Begum, and traces her journey from London teenager to IS bride in his gripping podcast I’m Not a Monster - the Shamima Begum Story.

Shamima Begum

Shamima Begum Photo: ABC