Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan; The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

by Melody Ermachild Chavis; Foreword by Alice Walker

• ISBN13: 9780312306892
• ISBN10: 031230689X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-08-22
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Meena founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in 1977 as a twenty-year-old Kabul University student. She was assassinated in 1987 at age thirty, and lives on in the hearts of all progressive Muslim women. Her voice, speaking for freedom, has never been silenced. The compelling story of Meena's struggle for democracy and women's rights in Afghanistan will inspire young women the world over. Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan is a portrait of a courageous mother, poet and leader who symbolizes an entire movement of women that can influence the fate of nations. It is also a riveting account of a singular political career whose legacy has been inherited by RAWA, the women who hold the keys to a peaceful future for Afghanistan. RAWA has authorized this first-ever biography of their martyred founder.

Author Biography

Melody Ermachild Chavis is the author of Altars in the Street (Bell Tower), and works as a private investigator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan to interview women who knew Meena.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
A Girl Between the old World and the New	p. 1
A Teenager in Kabul	p. 12
Study the Koran Well	p. 22
The New World Begins	p. 33
A Partnership	p. 43
The Founding	p. 55
Growing Danger	p. 67
Torn Apart	p. 74
Underground	p. 85
Europe	p. 101
Exile	p. 114
Women's Work	p. 124
Irretrievable Loss	p. 139
With all Their Strength	p. 147
Rawa Rising	p. 158
Epilogue	p. 176
Author's Note: Searching for Meena	p. 183
Chronology	p. 195
Further Reading	p. 199
Index	p. 201
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