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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
The Favored Daughter One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
Author: Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Ghouri
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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780230342026
ISBN-10: 0230342027
Publication Date: 4/30/2013
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Fawzia Koofi has an amazing life story to tell. It is remarkable that she survived her infancy, childhood and young adulthood. She gives an inside look into the Taliban rule in Afganistan, and she helps us understand the Afganistan of today. I'm so thankful that she is there on the other side of the world, advocating for women, and working to bring peace to a country that has been through so much. This is an incredible story.


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