The Favored Daughter
One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
(Sprache: Englisch)
The true story of how the unwanted nineteenth child of a tribal leader overcame poverty and prejudice to become the first lady of Afghani politics. Interwoven with a series of letters written to her two daughters at a time when she feared for her life;...
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The true story of how the unwanted nineteenth child of a tribal leader overcame poverty and prejudice to become the first lady of Afghani politics. Interwoven with a series of letters written to her two daughters at a time when she feared for her life; Fawzia Koofi offers hope for the future of one of the most dangerous parts of the world.
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The 19th daughter of a local village leader, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun hours after her birth by her mother, who didn't want another daughter. But she survived and perseverance and good luck in the face of extreme hardship have defined her life ever since. Surviving the Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, numerous attempted assassinations, and all the difficulties that come with being a woman in an oppressed society, Koofi fought, and won, becoming the first Afghani woman Parliament president. Here she shares her amazing story interwoven with a series of letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip, at a time when she feared for her life every day. Today, Koofi is one of the most outspoken critics of human rights violations against Afghani women and children, and uses her influence to bring global attention to the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, even as the Taliban gains a presence there. As President Karzai continues to confound leaders worldwide and the Taliban gains power in the region, Koofi embodies the political, sexual, and cultural tensions in Afghanistan, and offers hope for the future of one of the most dangerous parts of the world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Favored Daughter “
Prologue'Just a Girl'
Stories of Old
The Mujahadeen
Running
A Village Girl Again
When Justice Dies
The War Within
Losing Her
One Ordinary Thursday
Retreat to the North
Everything Turns White
A Taliban Wedding
An End before a Beginning
Autoren-Porträt von Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Ghouri
Fawzia Koofi and Nadene Ghouri
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Fawzia Koofi , Nadene Ghouri
- 2012, Maße: 16,5 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 0230120679
- ISBN-13: 9780230120679
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Fawzia Koofi 'One of the country's most outspoken democracy activists ... Koofi describes unflinchingly the wreckage she witnessed at the hands of Afghans of all ideologies and clans.' - The Globe and Mail
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