My Forbidden Face
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My Forbidden Face

Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist: she was interested in fashion, movies, and friends. Her father was in the import/export business and her mother was a doctor. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms€"walking down the street, looking out a window€"were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. My Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. Earlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group.

  • TitleMy Forbidden Face
  • BrandPiatkus
  • ManufacturerPiatkus
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumbermaps
  • ReleaseDate2013-10-29T00:00:01Z
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9781860499616