Amanda Lindhout
Journalist, Author
1981 –
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Who is Amanda Lindhout?
Amanda Lindhout is a Canadian humanitarian and journalist. In 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia. She was released 15 months later on November 25, 2009, and has since embarked on a philanthropic career. In 2013, she released the New York Times bestseller A House in the Sky: A Memoir, in which she recounts her hostage experience.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1981
Canada - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sylvan Lake
- Red Deer
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on July 23, 2013
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