Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the TalibanLatifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist and was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. Her school was closed and from that moment she became a prisoner in her own home at just 16. Latifa was now forced to wear a chadri and struggled against an overwhelming sense of helplessness and despair. In a step of defiance, she set up a clandestine school in her home for a…
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Editions
20 editions · 6 languages
Ebook · English · 2008
My Forbidden Face
Little, Brown Book Group · 9780748109128
Paperback · English · 2003
MY FORBIDDEN FACE: GROWING UP UNDER THE TALIBAN
Miramax · 210 pages · 9781401359256
Paperback · English · 2002
My Forbidden Face
Virago Press Ltd · 192 pages · 9781860499609
Audiobook · English · 2002
My Forbidden Face: GROWING UP UNDER THE TALIBAN
Miramax · 9780786869893
Paperback · English · 2002
My Forbidden Face
VIRAGO (LITT) · 190 pages · 9781860499562
Other · English · 2003
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 210 pages · 9780606342445
Social conditionsPolitics and governmentBiographyWomenNonfictionBiography & AutobiographyCondition socialeTalibans
