The favored daughter one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future

"The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russi...

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Main Author: Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-
Other Authors: Ghouri, Nadene, 1975-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
French
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.