BOOKS FROM AFGHANISTANLetters to My Daughters
by Fawzia Koofi
Description:
In the vein of Infidel comes this spellbinding memoir of survival and courage from Afghanistan's most popular female politician. On the day Fawzia Koofi was born, her mother set her under the blazing Afghan sun to die. She was the nineteenth child of twenty-three in a family with seven wives, and her mother did not want another daughter. Despite severe burns that lasted into her teenage years, Fawzia survived and became the favourite child. In Letters to My Daughters , Fawzia tells her remarkable life story. Fawzia 's father was an incorruptible politician strongly attached to Afghan tradition.
Reviews:
(1 month ago) |
18 Aug, 2025
读完这本书后的苦感久久无法散去，作者经历的一切令我心如刀绞。她在战乱中失去亲人、随时面临死亡威胁，每一封写给女儿的信都像是从深渊里传来的呼喊，让人感受到那种深入骨髓的痛苦和无奈。然而，我随后去查阅了作者的现状，发现她在2021年塔利班重新控制阿富汗后被迫流亡欧洲，在英国持续与联合国、欧盟等国际机构并肩呼吁关注阿富汗妇女的处境，绝望中仍燃烧着希望与抗争的火焰。这种苦的不止是书中的文字，更延续到现实中——她不但没有被压垮，反而在流亡中继续为平权而奋斗，这种力量在苦难之外反射出微光。尽管读完令人心里难受，却依旧带来一种深深的敬意与不屈的力量。
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