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My Forbidden Face : Growing up under the Taliban - a Young Woman's Story Paperback - 2007
by Latifa; Hachemi , Shekeba
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- Title My Forbidden Face : Growing up under the Taliban - a Young Woman's Story
- Author Latifa; Hachemi , Shekeba
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Virago, London, United Kingdom
- Date 2007
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 100549
- ISBN 9781860499616 / 1860499619
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Social conditions, Afghanistan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003386504
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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.
