Zoya's Story: A Woman's Struggle for Freedom in Afghanistan - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184395009X ISBN 13: 9781843950097

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.

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Review:

a fascinating document that catalogues the misery-mongering by the Taliban... a once-and-for-all document of the past decade's events (The Times)

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

• ISBN 10: 184395009X
• ISBN 13: 9781843950097
• Binding: Hardcover