The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future - Hardcover

Koofi, Fawzia; Ghouri, Nadene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230120679 ISBN 13: 9780230120679

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2012

Synopsis

The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose to become the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip―letters describing the future and freedoms she dreamed of for them and for all the women of Afghanistan.

Her story movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitter truth of history.

About this title

About the Author

Fawzia Koofi is Afghanistan's first female Parliament speaker and a noted activist for women and children's rights. She is currently a leading candidate for the presidential elections in 2014 and has been quoted by the BBC, Time, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Globe and Mail, and many others. Koofi was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009. Before getting elected to Parliament, Koofi was employed by UNICEF as a child protection officer from 2002 through 2004. The mother of two girls, she lives in Kabul.Nadene Ghouriis an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She is a former correspondent of both the BBC and Al Jazeera English

Review

Praise for Fawzia Koofi 'One of the country's most outspoken democracy activists ... Koofi describes unflinchingly the wreckage she witnessed at the hands of Afghans of all ideologies and clans.' - The Globe and Mail 'The spellbinding story refocuses the attention of a desensitized world on Afghanistan's potential and future.' - The Global Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230120679
• ISBN 13: 9780230120679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272