Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan
Subtitle: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: August 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780312306892
Subjects: Biography: general; Human rights; Pressure groups & lobbying; Women's studies; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; Political Discontent And Violence; Sociology Of Women; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Women; Women's Studies - General; Biography & Autobiography / Women; 1957-1987; Afghanistan; Biography; Meena,; Women social reformers; Women's movement; Women's rights
First sentence: Meena lay on the toshak, the big cushion on the floor of her family's sleeping room, only half-conscious of her mother's hands stroking her thick dark hair.