Shamima Begum, the Isis bride held in a Syrian detention camp, resides in a tent covered with expletives and messages about ‘hell’.
Begum, a 25-year old woman originally from London, had her citizenship revoked after she joined the terror group in 2015.
Born and raised in Tower Hamlets in east London, Begum married an Islamic State fighter after travelling to Syria and had three children, all of whom died young.
The previous Government stripped her of British citizenship, arguing that she posed a threat to national security if she returned home.
She has been held in the US-backed Syrian Democratic Force Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria for the past five years.
Her tent has become a canvas filled with graffiti with phrases such as “hell is other people”, which is a famous line in a Jean-Paul Sartre's play in which three people are punished in the afterlife by being locked in a room together for eternity, The Daily Mail reports.
Another scribble reads: “Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes… it’s awful!”. This is a quote from poet Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'.
Amongst the quotes, are expletives such as “f***”, with other words visibly scrubbed out.
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Last month, Nigel Farage told ITV News he was “thoughtful” about allowing Begum to return to the UK, despite previously opposing such a move.
“I've never wanted to. I've instinctively never wanted to. But I'm now thoughtful, I'm thoughtful. I don't classify her as an Isis, an all out Isis killer.”
The Reform UK leader's comments followed statements from Donald Trump's former terror chief Seb Gorka suggesting Isis members could be allowed to return to Western countries.
He said that any nation that wishes to be a “serious ally” to the US should honour its “commitment” to the international fight against Isis by taking back its citizens.
Gorka said this “doubly” applies to Britain, and by doing so, the UK would solidify the strong ties between the two countries.
Responding to Gorka’s comments, Farage said: “Gorka argues that if we and other European countries don't take back these people and put them in prison here, they will get out of prison under the new Syrian regime, leading to a problem that in the end we may all have to fight.”
He added: “I think what Gorka has done is started a debate, not one that I wanted to have and not one the British Government wanted to have. But now we're going to have to. And he's got a point. Regrettably, yes.”
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Begum, a 25-year old woman originally from London, had her citizenship revoked after she joined the terror group in 2015.
Born and raised in Tower Hamlets in east London, Begum married an Islamic State fighter after travelling to Syria and had three children, all of whom died young.
The previous Government stripped her of British citizenship, arguing that she posed a threat to national security if she returned home.
She has been held in the US-backed Syrian Democratic Force Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria for the past five years.
Her tent has become a canvas filled with graffiti with phrases such as “hell is other people”, which is a famous line in a Jean-Paul Sartre's play in which three people are punished in the afterlife by being locked in a room together for eternity, The Daily Mail reports.
Another scribble reads: “Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes… it’s awful!”. This is a quote from poet Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'.
Amongst the quotes, are expletives such as “f***”, with other words visibly scrubbed out.
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Last month, Nigel Farage told ITV News he was “thoughtful” about allowing Begum to return to the UK, despite previously opposing such a move.
“I've never wanted to. I've instinctively never wanted to. But I'm now thoughtful, I'm thoughtful. I don't classify her as an Isis, an all out Isis killer.”
The Reform UK leader's comments followed statements from Donald Trump's former terror chief Seb Gorka suggesting Isis members could be allowed to return to Western countries.
He said that any nation that wishes to be a “serious ally” to the US should honour its “commitment” to the international fight against Isis by taking back its citizens.
Gorka said this “doubly” applies to Britain, and by doing so, the UK would solidify the strong ties between the two countries.
Responding to Gorka’s comments, Farage said: “Gorka argues that if we and other European countries don't take back these people and put them in prison here, they will get out of prison under the new Syrian regime, leading to a problem that in the end we may all have to fight.”
He added: “I think what Gorka has done is started a debate, not one that I wanted to have and not one the British Government wanted to have. But now we're going to have to. And he's got a point. Regrettably, yes.”
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