num_pages: 224
description: A young Afghan woman describes the stark contrast in her life before and after Taliban rule, her witness to its oppressive and terrifying regime, and her eventual escape with her parents to freedom. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
titlecomplete: My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
characters: Latifa
genres: Religion, Biography, Islam, Womens, Autobiography, Nonfiction, War, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 3559
places: Afghanistan
publisher: Miramax