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050 00 DS371.43.S23|bA3 2011 
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100 1  Sadeed, Suraya. 
245 10 Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse :|bthe true story 
       of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to 
       Afghanistan /|cSuraya Sadeed with Damien Lewis. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bVoice/Hyperion,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    viii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Prologue: Lessons by lamplight -- pt. 1. Finding hope in a
       lawless Afghanistan (1995) -- Help the Afghan Children -- 
       The beginning -- The camel road -- The devil's flowers -- 
       The edge of darkness -- The widow camps -- City of ghosts 
       -- A promise to Fatima -- pt. 2. Under the iron fist of 
       the Taliban (1996-2001) -- The tree of amputations -- It 
       is what it is -- Stoned and flying out here -- The day the
       Earth turned angry -- Life and love -- Young enough to wed
       -- New York comes to Kabul -- Singing with the Taliban -- 
       The kindness of strangers -- pt. 3. Battling for hearts 
       and minds (September 2001-present) -- The darkest day -- 
       The wrong side of the border -- The boy who killed the 
       American -- The gift of learning -- Epilogue: Drop by drop
       a river forms -- Afterword. 
520    From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, 
       Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and 
       hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in
       inhuman situations deemed too dangerous for other aid 
       workers or for journalists. Her memoir of these missions 
       is as unconventional as the woman who has lived it. Born 
       the daughter of the governor of Kabul amid beautiful 
       gardens and peace, Suraya fled to the United States with 
       her husband and daughter in the aftermath of the 1979 
       Soviet invasion. In America, she became a prosperous 
       workaholic, but a personal tragedy led her to question the
       direction of her life. Now, dedicated to the education and
       welfare of Afghan women and children, she founded Help the
       Afghan Children (HTAC) to fund her efforts. Here, she 
       shares her story of passion, courage, and love, painting a
       complex portrait of Afghanistan and its people that defies
       every stereotype and invites us all to hope.--From 
       publisher description. 
600 10 Sadeed, Suraya. 
610 20 Help the Afghan Children (Organization) 
650  0 Women social reformers|zAfghanistan|vBiography. 
650  0 Social reformers|zAfghanistan|vBiography. 
650  0 Afghan American women|vBiography. 
650  0 Children|zAfghanistan|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|xSocial aspects. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xHistory|y2001-2021|vBiography. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xHistory|y1989-2001|vBiography. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 
651  0 Afghanistan|xSocial conditions|y21st century. 
700 1  Lewis, Damien. 
994    92|bCKE