RAISING MY VOICE by Malalai Joya ISBN 13: 9781405039130

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2009. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 278 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1405039132. ISBN/EAN: 9781405039130. Library of Congress No: 2009483313. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB11604. . 9781405039130

Macmillan 2009 Paperback. Very Good.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Pan Macmillan, 2009. 278pp., plus 8 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a small bump to head. "Born during the Russian invasion and spending her youth in refugee camps in Iran and Pakistan, Malalai Joya returned to Afghanistan in her teenage years. There she worked as a women's rights activist, running underground classes for girls in defiance of the ruling Taliban, risking torture and execution if she'd been caught. After the fall of the Taliban, Malalai was elected as one of the few women to represent her province at the constitutional Grand Assembly. Here she made world headlines in 2003 when she dared to speak out against the crimes of the warlords who now form part of the Afghan government . . . "This is her courageous story. Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 14 chapters, Conclusion, Index. Book weight approx. 460g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More