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 Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose to become the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip - letters describing the future and freedoms she dreamed of for them and for all the women of Afghanistan. Her story movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitter truth of history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780230120679
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111582074
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Civil Service
Author
Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Gourhi
Publication Name
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
164mm
Item Weight
437g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nadene Gourhi, Fawzia Koofi
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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