Zoya's Story - Softcover

Zoya, Zoya; Follain, John; Cristofari, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755311124 ISBN 13: 9780755311125

Publisher: Headline Review, 2002

Synopsis

Zoya grew up during the wars that ravaged Afghanistan and lost both her parents in a mujaheddin bombing raid on Kabul. She joined the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan which challenged the crushing edicts of the fanatical religious government and she made dangerous journeys back to her homeland to help the women oppressed by a rule that enforced the wearing of the stifling burqa, condoned public stoning if a woman ventured out without a male chaperone and absolutely forbade women's work. The spotlight that the New York terrorist attacks focused on Afghanistan highlighted the conditions of repression and fear in which Afghan women lived and makes Zoya's Story utterly compelling.

About this title

Review:

...a welcome and much needed account of one woman's resistance to the brutalities of The Taliban..a tale of great courage.
...essential reading. -- Unison magazine, April 2002

A tale of struggle and suffering from a courageous freedom fighter ... Timely and sobering. -- Washington Post, March 1st 2002

From the Publisher:

Fifty per cent of the authors' proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Review
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0755311124
• ISBN 13: 9780755311125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256