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Mia Bloom
Mia Bloom is a professor of communication at Georgia State University. She is the author of several books, including
Bombshell: Women and Terror
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Delil Souleiman / Getty
The Myth of the ISIS Female Suicide Bomber
She is almost entirely fictitious—so why are some people so keen to believe otherwise?
Simon Cottee
and
Mia Bloom
September 8, 2017
