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Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse : the true story of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to Afghanistan / Suraya Sadeed, with Damien Lewis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Voice/Hyperion, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781401341312 (trade)
  • 1401341314
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 958.104/7/092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • DS371.43.S23 A3 2011
Contents:
Prologue: Lessons by lamplight -- pt. 1. Finding hope in a lawless land (1993-1995) -- Help the Afghan Children -- The beginning -- The camel road -- The devil's flowers -- The edge of darkness -- The widow camp -- City of ghosts -- A promise to Fatima -- pt. 2. Under the iron fist of the Taliban (1996-2001) -- The tree of amputations -- It is what it is -- Stoned and flying out here -- The day the Earth turned angry -- Of life and love -- Young enough to wed -- New York comes to Kabul -- Singing with the Taliban -- The kindness of strangers -- pt. 3. Battling for hearts and minds (September 2001-present) -- The darkest day -- The wrong side of the border -- The boy who killed the American -- The gift of learning -- Epilogue: Drop by drop a river forms -- Afterword.
Summary: Suraya Sadeed chronicles her efforts to bring hope and relief to the refugees, women, and orphans of Afghanistan, describing how she has risked her own life to help the war-torn country and create the organization Help the Afghan Children.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 958.1047092 SA FO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0043680

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Suraya Sadeed chronicles her efforts to bring hope and relief to the refugees, women, and orphans of Afghanistan, describing how she has risked her own life to help the war-torn country and create the organization Help the Afghan Children.

Prologue: Lessons by lamplight -- pt. 1. Finding hope in a lawless land (1993-1995) -- Help the Afghan Children -- The beginning -- The camel road -- The devil's flowers -- The edge of darkness -- The widow camp -- City of ghosts -- A promise to Fatima -- pt. 2. Under the iron fist of the Taliban (1996-2001) -- The tree of amputations -- It is what it is -- Stoned and flying out here -- The day the Earth turned angry -- Of life and love -- Young enough to wed -- New York comes to Kabul -- Singing with the Taliban -- The kindness of strangers -- pt. 3. Battling for hearts and minds (September 2001-present) -- The darkest day -- The wrong side of the border -- The boy who killed the American -- The gift of learning -- Epilogue: Drop by drop a river forms -- Afterword.

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