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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-     Subjects     Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-     Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgah -- Biography.     Women legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women politicians -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.     Children -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.     Women's rights -- Afghanistan.     Human rights -- Afghanistan.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-       by title:      The favored daughter...      Lettres à mes filles...       by call number:      958.1047 K82f     Search the Web     Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-     Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-     Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgah -- Biography.     Women legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women politicians -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women -- Afghanistan -- Biography.     Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.     Children -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.     Women's rights -- Afghanistan.     Human rights -- Afghanistan.       MARC Display

The favored daughter : one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future / Fawzia Koofi with Nadene Gourhi. by Koofi, Fawzia, 1975- Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Call #: 958.1047 K82f Subjects Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-   Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgah -- Biography.   Women legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Women politicians -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Women -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.   Children -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.   Women's rights -- Afghanistan.   Human rights -- Afghanistan. ISBN:  9780230120679 (hardback) 0230120679 (hardback) Uniform title:  Lettres à mes filles. English Edition:  1st ed. Description:  vi, 266 p. ; 25 cm. 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. Summary:  The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, the author 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 above her fate to becoming the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her story, punctuated by a series of 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. Today, she 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 a frustrated American military considers relinquishing it to the Taliban. Her story captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitterness of history. Other authors:  Ghouri, Nadene, 1975- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 K82f Adult books Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList

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