A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan

A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice

Malalai Joya was named one of Time magazineâ€™s 100 Most Influential People of 2010. An extraordinary young woman raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan, Joya became a teacher in secret girlsâ€™ schools, hiding her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldnâ€™t find them; she helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah; and at a constitutional assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2003, she stood up and denounced her countryâ€™s powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistanâ€™s new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses.

Joya takes us inside this massively important and insufficiently understood country, shows us the desperate day-to-day situations its remarkable people face at every turn, and recounts some of the many acts of rebellion that are helping to change it. A controversial political figure in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Malalai Joya is a hero for our times.
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781439109472
ReleaseDate 2011-01-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439109472

Country	USA
Brand	SCRIBNER
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781439109472
ReleaseDate	2011-01-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781439109472

A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice

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