Losing a son to ISIS, she gained a cause - Lowell Sun Online

He had traveled from their home in Birmingham, England to join ISIS, drawn in after being radicalized online. Within a year, he was dead, reportedly killed by a drone strike near the border of Iraq and Syria.

Benyahia now travels around the world, speaking about her experience as part of the Families for Life organization she helped found to raise awareness about extremism on the internet. She was the keynote speaker at a UMass Lowell conference Friday about online recruitment by extremist groups.