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Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse (2011) (edit title/settings)

The True Story of a Woman Who Risked Everything to Bring Hope to Afghanistan

by Suraya Sadeed (Author) (edit contributors)

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I had no trouble finding a store that sold burkas in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Lessons by Lamplight (1997)
Part 1: Finding Hope in a Lawless Land (1993-1995)
1. Help the Afghan Children
2. The Beginning
3. The Camel Road
4. The Devil's Flowers
5. The Edge of Darkness
6. The Widow Camps
7. City of Ghosts
8. A Promise to Fatima

Part 2: Under the Iron Fist of the Taliban (1996-2001)
9. The Tree of Amputations
10. It is What It Is
11. Stoned and Flying Out Here
12. The Day the Earth Turned Angry
13. Life and Love
14. Young Enough to Wed
15. New York Comes to Kabul
16. Singing with the Taliban
17. The Kindness of Strangers

Part 3: Battling for Hearts and Minds (September 2001 - Present)
18. The Darkest Day
19. The Wrong Side of the Border
20. The Boy Who Killed the American
21. The Gift of Learning

Epilogue: Drop by Drop a River Forms
Afterword

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  1. Suraya Sadeed (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4013-4131-2
Page Count: 280

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  • Library of Congress: DS371.43 S23 A3 2011
  • Dewey: 958.104'7092

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