| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 235 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Reborn: America, June 2004 -- Return to Kabul: Samira, Kabul, August 2004 -- Come back, come back: Samira, Kabul -- Nice kick, bad aim: America, June 2004 -- That I may play soccer: Robina, Kabul, September 2005 -- Quiet leader: Robina, Kabul and America -- Between two worlds -- Sisters: Freshta and Laila, from Pakistan to Kabul -- Gathering of the girls: Freshta and Laila, Kabul, December 2005 -- Far afield: America, July 2004 -- Team of their own: Ariana, Kabul, December 2005 -- On the road: America, July-August 2004 -- Stars: Kabul, December 2005 -- Life can be different: Miriam, Kabul and America -- Winning: Miriam, Kabul, December 2005 -- Flying away: August 2004 -- Journey home: Kabul, April 2006 -- Toward the goal: Kabul, July 2007 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
By bringing soccer to young Afghan women, Awista reintroduced the very traits decades of war in Afghanistan had cruelly stripped away from them--confidence and self-worth. In However tall the mountain, she tells her story and the stories of the eight original girls. Timely, heartfelt, and moving, it shows how women can find strength in each other, in teamwork, and in themselves--risking their lives to obtain the freedom that we take for granted. |
| Subject |
Soccer for children -- Afghanistan.
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- Afghanistan.
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Women soccer players -- Training of -- United States.
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Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
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Ayub, Awista.
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Afghan American women -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781401322496 |
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1401322492 |
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