My Forbidden Face : Growing up under the Taliban - a Young Woman's Story
by Latifa
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0786890525
- ISBN 13
- 9780786890521
- Seller
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Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the TalibanLatifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist and was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. Her school was closed and from that moment she became a prisoner in her own home at just 16. Latifa was now forced to wear a chadri and struggled against an overwhelming sense of helplessness and despair. In a step of defiance, she set up a clandestine school in her home for a small number of young girls. Latifa knew that she was risking her life for something that could change little. But the teaching gave her a reason to get up in the morning. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. Earlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2484112-6
- Title
- My Forbidden Face : Growing up under the Taliban - a Young Woman's Story
- Author
- Latifa
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0786890525
- ISBN 13
- 9780786890521
- Publisher
- Talk Miramax Books
- This edition first published
- 2002-01