Favored Daughter One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future

Name: Favored Daughter One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
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ISBN: 9780230342026

ISBN-10: 0230342027

ISBN-13: 9780230342026

Edition: 2013

Authors: Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Ghouri

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As America prepares to draw down its forces in Afghanistan, this story of survival and hope from a voice of the country's most oppressed group could not be more timely. Born to the second of her father's seven wives in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi's mother—who had hoped for a son—left her to die in the sun after birth. But despite a childhood of abuse and deprivation in a notoriously sexist society, she rose above her fate to become the first female Speaker of Parliament. Along the way, she faced the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Fawzia Koofi is Afghanistan's first female Parliament speaker and a noted activist for women and children's rights.

<b>Nadene Ghouri</b> is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She is the co-author of <i>The Favored Daughter</i>. She is a former correspondent of both the BBC and Al Jazeera English.



Prologue






Stories of Old



"Just a Girl"



A Terrible Loss



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



The Darkness Pervades



Back to Where I Began



A Daughter for a Daughter



The Darkness Lifts



A New Purpose



A Movement for Change



A Dream for a War-Torn Nation


A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan


Acknowledgments


Index