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Raising My Voice: Story of the Afghan Woman Who Spoke Out

Author: Malalai Joya

Rider, London, 2010, pp. 288

Explores life of young woman who secretly ran schools for girls in Herat during Taliban rule, was elected to the Afghan parliament in 2005 at the age of 23, but was thrown out of it for raising women’s issues, and who had by 2009 already survived five assassination attempts. When she visited Britain in 2009, where she opposed NATO involvement in Afghanistan, the Independent ran a long interview with her:  , Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced The Independent, 28/07/2009, pp. 1-5 .