Books by Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Ghouri (1)
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The Favored Daughter : One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future by Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Ghouri EN
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
As America prepares to draw down its forces in Afghanistan, this story of survival and hope from a voice of the country's most oppressed group could not be more timely. Born to the second of her father's seven wives in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi's mother—who had hoped for a son—left her to die in the sun after birth. But despite a childhood of abuse and deprivation in a notoriously sexist society, she rose above her fate to become the first female Speaker of Parliament. Along the way, she faced the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life. Here, she s... continue