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Nadia Murad: From jihadist captive to Nobel winner

Murad, who was taken hostage by IS in 2014 but escaped, is the first Iraqi to receive the prestigious award. The 25-year-old won the Nobel in October alongside Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war".

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