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9780786869015

My Forbidden Face : Growing up under the Taliban - a Young Woman's Story

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  • ISBN13:

    9780786869015

  • ISBN10:

    0786869011

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-13
  • Publisher: Miamax
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Summary

A moving tale of oppression and courageous defiance--the true story of a teenage girl growing up in war-torn Afghanistan. This is her testimony--a young woman's reaction to the inhumanity taking place before her very eyes.

Author Biography

Latifa was born in 1980 in Kabul and now lives in Paris. My Forbidden Face is her first book, written with Shekeba Hachemi. Founder of Afghanistan Libre, Shekeba works on behalf of Afghan women and divides her time between Paris and Kabul

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Karenna Gore Schiff
The White Flag Over the Mosque
1(29)
A Canary in a Cage
30(33)
Three Girls
63(31)
Massacres and Miracles
94(25)
Three Little Girls from Taimani
119(26)
Kite Hunting
145(28)
Who Speaks for Afghanistan?
173(27)
Afterword 200(3)
Acknowledgments 203(1)
Glossary 204(3)
A Brief Chronology 207

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