TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sadeed,Suraya
AU  - Lewis,Damien
TI  - Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse: the true story of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to Afghanistan 
SN  - 1401341314
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Voice/Hyperion
KW  - Sadeed, Suraya.
KW  - Help the Afghan Children (Organization)
KW  - Afghan American women
KW  - Biography
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Children
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Social reformers
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - History
KW  - 1989-2001
KW  - 2001-
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Prologue: Lessons by lamplight -- pt. 1. Finding hope in a lawless Afghanistan (1995) -- Help the Afghan Children -- The beginning -- The camel road -- The devil's flowers -- The edge of darkness -- The widow camp -- City of ghosts -- A promise to Fatima -- pt. 2. Imperfect peace under the Taliban -- The tree of amputations -- It is what it is -- Stoned and flying out here -- The day the Earth turned angry -- Of life and love -- Young enough to wed -- The darkness before the dawn -- Singing with the Taliban -- The kindness of strangers -- pt. 3. Under a hail of American bombs (September 2001-present) -- The day everything changed -- The wrong side of the border -- The boy who killed the American -- Hearts and minds -- Epilogue: Drop by drop a river forms -- Afterword
N2  - From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed too dangerous for other aid workers or for journalists. Her memoir of these missions is as unconventional as the woman who has lived it. Born the daughter of the governor of Kabul amid beautiful gardens and peace, Suraya fled to the United States with her husband and daughter in the aftermath of the 1979 Soviet invasion. In America, she became a prosperous workaholic, but a personal tragedy led her to question the direction of her life. Now, dedicated to the education and welfare of Afghan women and children, she founded Help the Afghan Children (HTAC) to fund her efforts. Here, she shares her story of passion, courage, and love, painting a complex portrait of Afghanistan and its people that defies every stereotype and invites us all to hope.--From publisher description
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