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Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist and was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. Her school was closed and from that moment she became a prisoner in her own home at just 16. Latifa was now forced to wear a chadri. 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.
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My Forbidden Face, Latifa
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- My Forbidden Face
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Latifa
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 1860499600
- ISBN13
- 9781860499609
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies, Religious Topics, Religion, Women, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Military Fiction, Life, Islam, Women's Biographies, Resistance, Emancipation, Afghanistan, Oppression, Injustice, Muslim Women, Taliban, Afghan Literature
- Original title
- Latifa: Visage Volé
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist and was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Then in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. Her school was closed and from that moment she became a prisoner in her own home at just 16. Latifa was now forced to wear a chadri. 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.