The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
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TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print core seriesPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2011.Edition: Large print edDescription: 327 p. (large print) ; 23 cmISBN: - 1410439658
- 9781410439659
- Sediqi, Kamela, 1977-
- Sediqi, Kamela, 1977- -- Family
- Businesswomen -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography
- Community life -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- History -- 21st century
- Dressmakers -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography
- Sisters -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Biography
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- Khair Khana (Kabul, Afghanistan) -- Biography
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Originally published: New York, NY: Harper, c2011.
"Unabridged"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: New York, NY : Harper, c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-321).
The news arrives and everything changes -- A time of goodbyes -- Stitching the future back together -- The plan goes to market -- An idea is born...but will it work? -- Class is in session -- An unexpected wedding party -- A new opportunity knocks -- Danger in the night sky -- Kabul Jan, Kaweyan, and Kamila's faith in good fortune.
Kamila Sidiqi's life changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of Kabul. Kamila had a teaching degree - a rare achievement for an Afghan woman - but was banned from school and confined to her home. When her father and brother were forced to flee, Kamila became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business. Here is the incredible true story of this unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Tailban. (Bestseller)