Joanna Palani is a 23-year-old Danish Student. She studies politics and philosophy. ^[undefined] She is the daughter and grand-daughter of Peshmerga fighters and is of Iranian Kurdish descent.

Palani faces a 6-month prison sentence for violating the Danish 'Foreign Fighter' law which aims to stop potential radicals from joining terror groups in the Middle East.

In September of 2015, Palani went to Syria to fight alongside the Kurds against the Islamic state and Bashar al Assad's Syrian Army.

ISIS has a $1 million bounty on her head.