Ce livre montre comment le jihad arabe puis turc tua les empires chrétiens méditerranéens, du VIIe au XVIIe siècle, et jusqu´au XXe siècle. Bat Ye´or éclaire les enjeux en faisant connaître le tragique destin des peuples et des civilisations vaincus par le jihad.
Born Giselle Littman née Orebi, her pseudonym means Daughter of the Nile.
She has provided briefings to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress and has given talks at major universities such as Georgetown, Brown, Yale, Brandeis, and Columbia.
She acquired the English nationality by marrying an Englishman. Now she lives in Switzerland.