Rukmini Callimachi Talks to David Remnick About ISIS

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Feb 1, 2016

Rukmini Callimachi, who has reported on the Islamic State for the New York Times, says ISIS fighters believe that they’re on the verge of an end-of-times battle. David Remnick talks with Callimachi about what it’s like to be a woman covering ISIS, and why she doesn’t see an end to the problem of Islamic extremism.

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