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- Resilience
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Amanda Lindhout Featured New York Times Bestselling Author, Expert on Resilience & Extraordinary Mindset, Kidnapped in Somalia for 460 Days, Former Journalist
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New York Times | 12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity
When I describe what happened to me on Aug. 23, 2008, I say that I was taken. On an empty stretch of road outside of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, out of the back seat of a four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi by a dozen or so men whose faces were swaddled in checkered scarves. Each one of them carried an AK-47.
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PBS | The Amanda Lindhout Story
Choosing forgiveness to keep her power.
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Vogue | A Captive’s Tale: Amanda Lindhout on the Story of Her Somalia Kidnapping
Kidnapped in Somalia, Amanda Lindhout spent fifteen months in terrifying captivity. Only after meeting journalist Sara Corbett did she feel ready to tell her story.