My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story

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A young Afghan woman describes the stark contrast in her life before and after Taliban rule, her witness to its oppressive and terrifying regime, and her eventual escape with her parents to freedom. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Genres: NonfictionMemoirBiographyMiddle EastHistoryAutobiographyBiography MemoirIslamWarFeminism

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