Title: Women of courage : intimate stories from Afghanistan /
Authors: Kiviat, Katherine.; Heidler, Scott.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Women Afghanistan Interviews.; Women Afghanistan Social conditions.; Women Afghanistan Pictorial works.
Abstract: Women of Courage shares an intimate look at the inspiring women who are forging a new future in Afghanistan and playing a crucial role in the changing landscape of this turbulent nation. First-hand stories and experiences are shared in conversations with a wide array of women-from a beekeeper to a presidential candidate to an Olympic sprinter to a schoolteacher. Mesmerizing photographs accompany unfiltered interviews, giving voice to a culture of women that has been silenced for decades under the oppressive regime of the Taliban.
Contents: Introduction -- Homaira Habib, radio journalist -- Hanifa Jamizada, presidential election worker -- Freeshta Sadat, abused wife -- Nadera, bread maker -- Jamila Mujahid, TV journalist -- Shaima Rahmany, filmmaker -- Shagoofa Sahar, host of Good Morning Afghanistan radio show -- General Khatool Muhammad Zai, Afghan army paratrooper -- Fariba Razayee, Afghan judo olympian -- Naheed Mirza, police academy graduate -- Massouda Jalal, former Minister of women's affairs/presidential candidate -- Shaharzad Akbar, Kabul University student -- Azima Nabi, teacher and mother of six -- Shaima Razayee, host, Hop music TV program -- Miriam Farooq, language teacher/former underground teacher -- Shaima Aminy, burn unit nurse at Herat hospital -- Zahra Mohammadi, divorceé -- Suraya Parlika, Executive director, All Afghan Women's Union -- Huria Hessary, midwife trainer -- Marzia Tamaski, supermarket saleswoman -- Shazia Saba, office manager, Bamiyan DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) -- Abeershah, fortune teller -- Safia Amma Jan, Head of Women's affairs office in Kandahar -- Malalai Kakar, criminal investigator in Kandahar -- Mahjan, housewife -- Pashtoon Shahna, girls' high school principal -- Fatema Kamazemyan, Head of Woman's affairs office in Bamiyan -- Frazana Wahidy, photojournalist -- Suhila Fanoos, Welayet Women's Prison guard in central Kabul -- Lailama Nabizada, Afghan Nationa Army helicopter pilot -- Robina Moqimyar, Afghan olympic sprinter -- Aziza Nazari, police general, human rights department --- Mahmooda Hoseini, female Mullah -- Hamida Jan, actress/refugee -- Mahgul, handicraft worker -- Marina Gulbahari, actress -- Zubaida Akbar, journalist -- Roshan Gul, beekeeper -- Parwana Ghezel, Ariana Afghan Airlines flight attendant -- Fareshta Kohistani, United Nations photographer.