Zoya's Story

An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom

Author: John Follain
Secondary Author: Rita Cristofari
ISBN: 9780060097820

Zoya's Story is a young woman's searing account of her clandestine war of resistance against the Taliban and religious fanaticism at the risk of her own life. An epic tale of fear and suffering, courage and hope, Zoya's Story is a powerful testament to the ongoing battle to claim human rights for the women of Afghanistan.Though she is only twenty-three, Zoya has witnessed and endured more tragedy and terror than most people do in a lifetime. Zoya grew up during the wars that ravaged Afghanistan and was robbed of her mother and father when they were murdered by Muslim fundamentalists. Devastated by so much death and destruction, she fled Kabul with her grandmother and started a new life in exile in Pakistan. She joined the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which challenged the crushing edicts of the Taliban government, and she made dangerous journeys back to her homeland to help the women oppressed by a system that forced them to wear the stifling burqa, condoned pu

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: 2002-03-26

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General, Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries, Social Science / Women's Studies

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