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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan--surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Collection of literary reportage from Afghanistan: stories that go unreported, the lives of people not usually considered newsworthy or important, people who struggle just to survive"--
In this collection of literary reportage from Afghanistan, Garcia shows us how the Afghan War looked to Afghans. Reporting from Kabul and Kandahar from 2001 to 2015, during years of occupation and war, Garcia presents a complex portrait of human resilience as the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian aid group. Surrounded by people whose skills--as doctors, nurses, and therapists--seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners...
9) Osama
Series
Publisher
Barmak Film
Pub. Date
[2004].
Language
Pushto
Description
This meticulous inquiry into the ways that ideological evil can infect, and ultimately destroy, the intimacies and small pleasures of daily life is beautiful, thoughtful, and almost unbearably sad. A widowed grandmother, mother, and daughter are facing starvation. Since the foreign doctors have been driven away, the mother's employment at the hospital ends. Thus the young daughter, at the risk of being discovered and killed, masquerades as a boy in...
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