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Author Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-

Title The favored daughter : one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future / Fawzia Koofi with Nadene Gourhi.

Imprint New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 KOOFI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B KOOFI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  328.581 KOO    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-KOOFI, F.    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description vi, 266 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi 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 amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant 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, Koofi 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 movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitterness of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-
Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgah -- Biography.
Afghanistan. 錟las錳 Jirgah.
Women legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
Legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Children -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Women's rights -- Afghanistan.
Human rights -- Afghanistan.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Koofi, Fawzia, 1975- (OCoLC)fst01914715
Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgah. (OCoLC)fst01637530
Children -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00855145
Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women legislators. (OCoLC)fst01178102
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
Afghanistan. (OCoLC)fst01205406
Genre/Form Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Added Author Ghouri, Nadene, 1975-
Added Title Lettres à mes filles. English
ISBN 9780230120679 (hardback)
0230120679 (hardback)
9780230342026 (paperback)
0230342027 (paperback)
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