Description
In the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel," and also the subject of an award-winning documentary, this impassioned, first-person account tells of a courageous young Afghani woman who risks her life by denouncing the powerful warlords in her country.
Collection
Publication
Pan Macmillan (2009)
User reviews
LibraryThing member juliette07
The sub title to this thought provoking book published in July this year is ... 'the extraordinary story of the Afghan women who dares to speak out ... ' A most apt subtitle for a memoir of a young women born 30 years ago in the year that the Russians invaded Afghanistan. She speaks of her native
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land as 'a land of tragedy called Afghanistan'. Passionate and principled she chronicles her life so far - ranging from a growing up in refugee camps to becoming a member of the Afghan parliament this book records one woman's struggle to be heard. Show Less
LibraryThing member wandacreason
This woman is so much against the US. Everyone needs to read this. I think she is very brave to have written this book. With her comments against the Bush's and farthur on to the Obama adm. she is a scary person. I think she is peace loving although very very biased against the US. Also all the
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NATO powers. She thinks everyone should get out of Afghanistan because things are just getting worse. We are giving billions of dollars to the Taliban. i think the Taliban would have had her killed by now if she wasn't so biased against all the big powerful nations. Show Less
Awards
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Longlist — Nonfiction — 2010)
Original publication date
2009-07-16