Kimberly Gwen Polman (born September 29, 1972) is a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen, who travelled to ISIS occupied territory in 2015, and married an Islamic militant she had befriended online.
[1][2][3] In 2019, after she surrendered to forces allied to the United States, Polman told reporters she deeply regretted her actions.
[9] Howard Eisenberg, an immigration lawyer in Polman's home town, told local reporters for CHCH-TV that he anticipates her struggle to return to Hamilton to be a long one.
[13] Her interviews revealed she was lonely and vulnerable following a brutal gang-rape left her alienated from her children and community.
She believed her recruiter who promised her she could restore her honour, and purity, if only she came to Daesh to volunteer her nursing skills.