My Forbidden Face by Latifa (English) Paperback Book

Description: My Forbidden Face by Latifa First-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her father was in the import/export business and her mother was a doctor.Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms - walking down the street, looking out a window - were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. My Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. Earlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group. Notes A poignant and personal account of life under the Taliban regime. In September 1986, when Latifa was sixteen, the Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. It was then that her mother was banned from working and her school was closed down. Here she writes of her frustration at the infringement of personal liberty and the devastating effect it had on her life with honesty and clarity. Author Biography In May 2001, Latifa & her parents escaped Afghanistan & were brought to Europe in an operation organized by a French-based Afghan resistance group & Elle Magazine. She speaks Persian and is learning English and French. Latifa is not her real name. Review Her descriptions of watching videos in secret, listening to the radio in terror lest she be caught and hovering on the edge of a black hole of depression during what should have been the liveliest years of her life give a very human face to the known facts of how the most repressive government on the planet operated. - IRISH INDEPENDENTA salutary read for any Western woman, and one that makes you appreciate the freedoms we often take for granted. - GLAMOURA poweful and poetic account of life under the Taliban. - DAILY TELEGRAPHThis thoughtful and affecting account...questions the complacency of Western feminism which has forgotten the many women across the world who still have nothing. - DAILY MAIL Promotional * Radio reading anticipated * Latifa is doing on-going interviews and talks as she now has a visa and can travel freely Kirkus UK Review When Latifa was 16 years old, she was studying to be a journalist. Then, on 27 September 1996, her home town of Kabul fell to the Taliban. Her college was closed down and, like all women, Latifa was effectively imprisoned in her own home. Latifa and her family spent their forced isolation watching smuggled videos, painting the windows of the apartment black on the inside so the Taliban guards couldnt spot the flickering light of the screen. It was a claustrophobic, airless life, shut off from the outside world. Soon, the smallest details transfixed her: A crumb of bread on the table catches my interest; a bird in the sky fascinates me. For four months she stayed inside the family flat. The only reason she eventually agreed to don a burqa and venture out was because she feared she was going insane. Her glimpses of the world beyond, through the holes in her headdress, are startling. She saw women wearing burqas stoned for the colour of their shoes - white. White is the colour of the Taliban flag, and to tread on it is a sign of disrespect. The only form of rebellion left to this teenager was to clandestinely watch Titanic, weeping over Leonardo DiCaprios death amongst the ice floes. Latifa has been described as the Anne Frank of Afghanistan.But whereas Anne Frank kept a daily diary, this book is more a remembering of what happened from 1996 until she fled five years later. Although written in the present tense, it is not a day-by-day account, and often she is looking back, reconstructing events in a broader context than they would have appeared at the time. But it is difficult to judge this memoir in purely literary terms. Latifas account might not make a great book, but it does make an enthralling, if horrifying, testimony to life under the Taliban regime. Review by Dea Birkett (Kirkus UK) Long Description Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her father was in the import/export business and her mother was a doctor.Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms - walking down the street, looking out a window - were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. My Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. Earlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group. Review Quote This thoughtful and affecting account...questions the complacency of Western feminism which has forgotten the many women across the world who still have nothing.-- DAILY MAIL Promotional "Headline" * Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban * Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a powerful way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people, and this book couldnt be more timely Description for Sales People The UN International Woman Of The Year! Details ISBN1860499619 Author Latifa Pages 192 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2002 ISBN-10 1860499619 ISBN-13 9781860499616 Format Paperback Publication Date 2002-11-14 Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 958.1046092 Illustrations maps Media Book Language English Short Title MY FORBIDDEN FACE REV/E Edition Description Revised UK Release Date 2002-11-14 Audience General NZ Release Date 2004-11-23 AU Release Date 2004-11-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1125265;

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