Hers is a story you will not soon forget.
Through her eyes we see how terrorism develops and that it produces no winners on either side. Mekhennet is a Western journalist who is female and Muslim, which gives her access that few reporters can match. Souad Mekhennet is an ideal guide to introduce us to the human beings behind the ominous headlines, as she shares her transformative journey with us. I Was Told to Come Alone reads like a thriller, as Souad Mekhennet takes us on a journey into the heart of the Muslim world. She is not afraid to face personal danger to reach out to individuals in the inner circles of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and their affiliates when she is told to come alone to an interview, she never knows what awaits at her destination. Mekhennet’s background has given her unique access to some of the world’s most wanted men, who generally refuse to speak to Western journalists. She then returns to Europe, first in London, where she uncovers the identity of the notorious ISIS executioner “Jihadi John,” and then in France, Belgium, and her native Germany, where terror has come to the heart of Western civilization. In her travels across the Middle East and North Africa, she documents her chilling run-ins with various intelligence services and shows why the Arab Spring never lived up to its promise. In this compelling and evocative memoir, we accompany Mekhennet as she journeys behind the lines of jihad, starting in the German neighborhoods where the 9/11 plotters were radicalized and the Iraqi neighborhoods where Sunnis and Shia turned against one another, and culminating on the Turkish/Syrian border region where ISIS is a daily presence. She has also sought to provide a mediating voice between these cultures, which too often misunderstand each other. Mekhennet is repped by Brillstein, CAA, and Ross Yoon Agency.For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance the two sides of her upbringing – Muslim and Western. On the television side, Cantillon has set up LA Woman at Hulu with Liz Tigelaar, Lynn Shelton and Amy Pascal, based on the life and novels of Los Angeles It-Girl Eve Babitz, as well as Rage for Fame at Amazon, following the life of 20th century female powerhouse, Clare Boothe Luce. In 2015, she produced Concussion, starring Will Smith, and is attached to produce astronaut Scott Kelly’s new memoir Endurance. Since its June release, I Was Told to Come Alone has become an international bestseller, and most recently landed on Publishers Weekly’s list of Best Nonfiction Books of 2017.Ĭantillon was a longtime production exec with Sony Pictures before transition to producing full-time. Mekhennet was recently named the 2017 recipient of the Chicago Journalists Association Daniel Pearl Award in recognition for her courageous reporting. Laura Quicksilver will oversee for The Cantillon Company Ĭantillon will produce with Brillstein’s Jon Liebman and Missy Malkin.
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