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Author:

Latifa, 1980-

Title:

My forbidden face : growing up under the Taliban : a young woman's story / Latifa ; written with the collaboration of Shékéba Hachemi ; translated by Linda Coverdale.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xi, 210 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Latifa,--1980-
Afghanistan.--Biography.
Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions.
Afghanistan.--Politics and government--1973-
Taliban.
Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.

Other Authors:

Hachemi, Chékéba.

Notes:

"Talk Miramax Books."

Summary:

A young woman born into a middle-class Afghan family describes the 1996 revolution in which the Taliban seized power in Kabul, the resulting changes in her life as a victim of Taliban fanaticism, and her eventual escape with her family.

ISBN:

9780786869015 : HRD
0786869011 : HRD

LCCN:

2002001796

Locations:

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)