From ISIS to it girl: British woman who joined ISIS becomes fashion influencer Tareena Shakil, who served six years in a British prison for charges related to joining ISIS, is attempting to become an Instagram influencer.

April 30, 2023   

(Jerusalem Post) A British woman who travelled to Syria to join ISIS back in 2014 at the age of 26 is attempting a career change and styling herself as the next big thing in online fashion spaces.

Tareena Shakil first came to the public’s attention after she left the UK for Syria in 2014 with her 14-month-old son in order to join ISIS. However, she quickly decided that she was unhappy with her new life as a female member of the jihadist militant group, and fled Syria for Turkey after just three months.

Shakil was arrested upon her return to the UK, and although at first she claimed that she had been kidnapped and taken to Syria against her will, it was later discovered that she had indeed joined of her own volition.

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