isis,'the islamic state of iraq and the levant', stunned the world last month by capturing mosul, iraq's
second city. yalda hakim returned to northern iraq, a region she reported from last year, to find 4 people
she met on her last visit - all members of a local paragliding club. she discovers how the arrival of isis
has changed their country - and their lives, and asks if the isis declaration of an islamic state, or
caliphate, marks the beginning of the end of iraq as a country.