Behind the burqa : our life in Afghanistan and how we escaped to freedom
Yasgur, Batya Swift2002
Books, Manuscripts
This is the story of two cousins, raised as sisters, who fled Afghanistan 20 years apart, the older escaping the Communists and the younger the Taliban. Both now live in the United States.
Main title:
Behind the burqa : our life in Afghanistan and how we escaped to freedom / by 'Sulima' and 'Hala' as told to Batya Swift Yasgur.
Author:
Imprint:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2002.
Collation:
ix, 277 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
04712638939780471263890
Dewey class:
958.1'045'0922305.429581920.SUL958.1045
Language:
English
Subject:
SulimaHalaWomen -- Afghanistan -- Social conditionsAfghans -- United States -- BiographyWomen -- Social conditions -- AfghanistanAfghans -- Biography -- United StatesAfghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1939-1989Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-Afghanistan -- History -- TalibanSulima -- Biography
BRN:
168581