From Captive to Convert (4 DVDs)

"...They were bombing and decimating the population for reasons only known to the USA and its allies. The poor Taliban had no idea why America wished to invade Afghanistan. They had heard of this as a mishap but had no idea of the enormity of the tragedy. They did not know of the complexity of the buildings and people jumping out of towers a hundred stories high, as they did not have TVs, nor did they know a tower when they were told about it...."

Be inspired as Yvonne Ridley, a passionate British journalist, describes the story of how she was held captive by Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan. Intimidated by their presence, she persisted with great fighting zeal to return home to those awaiting her.

Why the Story Is Worth Four DVDs

Because the interesting part is not the capture. It is what she did afterward.

She was a hostile witness in the most literal sense — a Western journalist with every reason to leave Afghanistan confirmed in what she already believed. The account of how that did not happen, and of what she read and who she spoke to in the years following, is the substance of the set.

Who It Is For

Anyone interested in first-hand accounts of that period, and anyone doing da'wah in a Western context — her framing of the questions is one that Western audiences follow more readily than a conventional presentation of Islam.