Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse

by Sadeed, Suraya; Lewis, Damien

• ISBN13: 9781401341312
• ISBN10: 1401341314
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-21
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Set amidst some of the most inhospitable conditions in war-torn, Taliban-seized Afghanistan, "Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse" is an adventure story with heart that tells Sadeed's inspiring fight to bring aid, education, and peace training to Afghan citizens.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Prologue: Lessons by Lamplight (1997)	p. 1
Finding Hope in a Lawless Land (1993-1995)	p. 15
Help the Afghan Children	p. 17
The Beginning	p. 29
The Camel Road	p. 39
The Devil's Flowers	p. 53
The Edge of Darkness	p. 63
The Widow Camps	p. 79
City of Ghosts	p. 93
A Promise to Fatima	p. 107
Under the Iron Fist of the Taliban (1996-2001)	p. 117
The Tree of Amputations	p. 119
It Is What It Is	p. 133
Stoned and Flying Out Here	p. 145
The Day the Earth Turned Angry	p. 157
Life and Love	p. 169
Young Enough to Wed	p. 183
New York Comes to Kabul	p. 193
Singing with the Taliban	p. 203
The Kindness of Strangers	p. 219
Battling for Hearts and Minds (September 2001-Present)	p. 225
The Darkest Day	p. 227
The Wrong Side of the Border	p. 241
The Boy Who Killed the American	p. 251
The Gift of Learning	p. 263
Epilogue: Drop by Drop a River Forms	p. 279
Afterword	p. 281
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