Introducing… The Shamima Begum Story

I'm Not a Monster

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Investigating the story of Shamima Begum. At 15, she ran away from her London home with two school friends to join the terror group ISIS in war torn Syria. Now she wants to come back. It’s a tale that has gripped the world, but there are different ways to tell it. Josh Baker has been following the story since 2015 when Shamima Begum left for the Islamic State group. For Series 2 of I’m Not a Monster he investigates what really happened. ARCHIVE: CNN: Three British Girls Run Away to Syria (2015) Sky News: Newspaper Review (13/02/2019) ITV: Good Morning Britain (24/11/2020) Fox News; The Ingraham Angle (20/02/2019) ITV: Good Morning Britain (15/09/2021)

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm curious about how you think people perceive you.
0:11.8	As a danger, as a risk, as a potential risk,
0:15.5	to them, to their safety, to their way of living.
0:19.0	This is Shamima Begum.
0:21.6	At 15 years old, she ran away from her London home
0:25.2	with two friends.
0:26.4	All right, breaking news three British school girls
0:28.7	are reportedly missing and making their way to...
0:31.3	They disappeared into war-torn Syria
0:34.0	and joined the brutal terror group ISIS.
0:38.0	Nobody really knew if they were still alive.
0:41.2	Until four years later, when one of them
0:44.3	emerged from the ashes of the so-called caliphate.
0:47.8	In one way, she's back from the dead.
0:49.7	We're talking about Shamima Begum.
0:51.0	Shamima Begum.
0:52.0	Shamima Begum.
0:53.0	Shamima Begum.
0:55.0	Her story gripped the world.
0:57.1	Was she trafficked? Was she groomed?
0:59.4	I don't trust her.
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