Zarifa : a woman's battle in a man's world /
Ghafari, Zarifa,
Zarifa : a woman's battle in a man's world / Zarifa Ghafari & Hannah Lucinda Smith. - First US edition. - 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"Zarifa Ghafari was three years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was six when American airstrikes began. She was twenty-four when she became mayor--one of the first female mayors in the country--and first of Wardak, one of the most conservative provinces in Afghanistan. An extremist mob barred her from her office; her male staff walked out in protest; assassins tried to kill her three times. Through it all, Zarifa stood her ground. She ended corruption in the municipality, promoted peace, and tried to lift up women, despite constant fear for herself and her family. When the Taliban took Kabul in 2021, Ghafari had to flee. But even that couldn't stop her. Six months later, she returned, to continue her work empowering women. Zarifa is an astonishing memoir that offers an unparalleled perspective of the last two decades in Afghanistan from a citizen, daughter, woman and mayor. Written with honesty, pain, and ultimately, hope, Zarifa describes the work she did, the women she still tries to help as they live under Taliban rule, and her vision for how grassroots activism can change their lives and the lives of women everywhere"--
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Ghafari, Zarifa.
Women--Biography.
Women mayors--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women human rights workers--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women social reformers--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women--Social conditions.--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--21st century.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Zarifa : a woman's battle in a man's world / Zarifa Ghafari & Hannah Lucinda Smith. - First US edition. - 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
"Zarifa Ghafari was three years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was six when American airstrikes began. She was twenty-four when she became mayor--one of the first female mayors in the country--and first of Wardak, one of the most conservative provinces in Afghanistan. An extremist mob barred her from her office; her male staff walked out in protest; assassins tried to kill her three times. Through it all, Zarifa stood her ground. She ended corruption in the municipality, promoted peace, and tried to lift up women, despite constant fear for herself and her family. When the Taliban took Kabul in 2021, Ghafari had to flee. But even that couldn't stop her. Six months later, she returned, to continue her work empowering women. Zarifa is an astonishing memoir that offers an unparalleled perspective of the last two decades in Afghanistan from a citizen, daughter, woman and mayor. Written with honesty, pain, and ultimately, hope, Zarifa describes the work she did, the women she still tries to help as they live under Taliban rule, and her vision for how grassroots activism can change their lives and the lives of women everywhere"--
9781541702639 1541702638
bl2022030571
Ghafari, Zarifa.
Women--Biography.
Women mayors--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women human rights workers--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women social reformers--Afghanistan--Biography.
Women--Social conditions.--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--21st century.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.