My Personal Jihad: Diary of a Syria Fighter

Why does a Belgian boy travel to Syria and join the Islamic State to take up arms there?
The story of YOUNNES DELEFORTRIE is for anyone who wants to look beyond the headlines. It is a combination of war drama and moral quest. The story of a Flemish boy. He was once a pious
altar boy; later a wanted jihadi.
From the church square to the caliphate or from the Playstation to a war zone:
Since the summer of 2012, more than five hundred Belgians have left for the war in Syria. No other country in Europe has seen such a large flight of young, radical Muslims. The Syria fighters have been in the news in recent years, but their families have been left behind, helpless.
For the first time, one of them speaks for himself. Through the eyes of Younnes, we experience the rise of Sharia4Belgium, the exodus to Syria and the fighting in Aleppo, but also his return and the subsequent largest terrorism trial in Belgium ever.
Journalist Bruno Struys wrote this gripping story based on days of interviews with Younnes, conversations with his immediate family and moving letters from his beloved.