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Amanda Lindhout (born June 12, 1981) is a Canadian humanitarian, public speaker and journalist. On August 23, 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia.
Jun 18, 2018 · Ali Omar Ader has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his central role in the kidnapping of Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout in 2008. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith delivered...
Jul 1, 2023 · In 2008, one moment, Amanda Lindhout was working as a freelance journalist in Mogadishu, and the next thing she knew, she was kidnapped by a group of Somali men, which included one particular Ali Omar Ader, who was a negotiator responsible for the abduction of Amanda.
Lindhout was working as freelance journalist in Mogadishu when she was kidnapped by a group of young Somali men. They held her captive for 460 days, during which time they raped, assaulted and...
Mar 28, 2018 · Amanda Lindhout wept openly on the stand at her kidnapper's sentencing hearing today, describing the horrors of being held captive in war-torn Somalia and how the lingering effects of that...
Aug 18, 2013 · Amanda Lindhout, the Canadian woman taken hostage in Somalia in 2008, has released a new book detailing the 15 months she spent in captivity. Alberta journalist writes about rejected ransoms ...
Aug 28, 2013 · Adapted from “A House in the Sky,” by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett, to be published by Scribner this month. Lindhout is the founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, a nonprofit that ...
Mar 28, 2018 · Insomnia, nightmares and suicidal thoughts “haunted” Amanda Lindhout after her release from 15 months held in captivity in Somalia. The Alberta woman gave a harrowing victim impact statement...
Jun 18, 2018 · OTTAWA — A Somalian man found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith handed down the sentence for...
Amanda Lindhout is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir A House in the Sky, one of the top-selling Canadian books of all time. Recipient of Amazon’s “Best Memoir” award, it is currently under development as a limited series for television with A24.
