My forbidden face

growing up under the Taliban : a young woman's story

Author: Latifa
Secondary Author: Chékéba Hachemi
ISBN: 9780786869015

This moving and personal account of life under the Taliban regime, written with painful honesty and clarity, describes Latifa's ordered world as it falls apart in the name of fanaticism.

Publisher: Hyperion
Publish Date: 2001

Subjects: Afghanistan, Islamic fundamentalism/ Afghanistan, Women/ Afghanistan/ Social conditions, Women, Biography & Autobiography / General, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Political Science / General, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Women's Studies, History / Asia / Central Asia

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Middle Eastern)