A woman among warlords
Subtitle: the extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice
By: Malalai Joya with Derrick O'Keefe.
Contributors: O'Keefe, Derrick.
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781439109465; 9781439132487
Subjects: Joya, Malalai; Afghanistan. -- Ūlasī Jirgah -- Biography; Women legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography; Legislators -- Afghanistan -- Biography; Women -- Afghanistan -- Biography; Afghan War, 2001-; Human rights -- Afghanistan; Democratization -- Afghanistan; Women's rights -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Genres: Biography
Description: In the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel," and also the subject of an award-winning documentary, this impassioned, first-person account tells of a courageous young Afghani woman who risks her life by denouncing the powerful warlords in her country.