The Stephen McGown Story: Six years with Al Qaeda
Wed, 18 Nov
|Zoom webinar
This event took place on 18 November 2020. Live webinar featuring Stephen McGown, a South African who became Al-Qaeda's longest-held captive, after being seized in 2011 in Mali, Africa.
Time & Location
18 Nov 2020, 7:30 pm SGT
Zoom webinar
About the Event
This event was held on 18 November 2020.
We invite you to this live webinar featuring Stephen McGown, a South African who became Al-Qaeda's longest-held captive, after being seized in 2011 in Mali, Africa.
Join us to hear Stephen McGown's truly inspirational story about resilience and overcoming adversity. The talk will be followed by an exciting virtual auction of an amazing African Artwork!
About Stephen's Story
While riding his motorbike through Mali, on his way home from London to Johannesburg, Stephen McGown was taken captive in Timbuktu by Al Qaeda. Life as he knew it, changed in that instant. With nothing to bargain with and everything to lose, for the next six years Steve became reluctantly engaged in what he refers to as, "the greatest chess game of my life."
Thousands of kilometres away in Johannesburg, the shock of his kidnapping hit his wife Cath and the rest of the…