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Producer: Aisyah Llewellyn

In 2016, 22-year-old Febri made a decision to move to Syria and live under Islamic State, better known as ISIS.

In the first of a special two-part series for New Naratif, Deputy Editor Aisyah Llewellyn reports on Febri’s journey to Syria and the reasons why some Indonesian families made the decision to join the so-called Caliphate.

Aisyah Llewellyn is a British freelance writer based in Medan, Indonesia. She is a former diplomat and writes primarily about Indonesian politics, culture, travel and food.