Books by Latifa and Complete Book Reviews

MY FORBIDDEN FACE: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
MY FORBIDDEN FACE: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story
Latifa, Author, Linda Coverdale, Translator, Karenna Gore Schiff, Preface by , with Chékéba Hechemi, trans. from the French by Linda Coverdale. Talk Miramax $21.95 (210p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6901-5
Readers who want to know what life was really like when the Taliban ruled Kabul should turn off CNN and read this book. Latifa (who writes under a pseudonym) was a 16-year-old aspiring journalist when her brother rushed home one day in late 1996...
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MY FORBIDDEN FACE: Growing Up Under the Taliban—A Young Woman's Story
MY FORBIDDEN FACE: Growing Up Under the Taliban—A Young Woman's Story
Latifa, Author, Edita Brychta, Read by , read by Edita Brychta. Hyperion Audiobooks $25.98 (, unabridged, four cassettes, 6 hrs., $25.98 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7868-6989-3
On September 26, 1996, a 16-year-old Afghan girl and her family awaken to find the white flag of the Taliban flying over their mosque. Latifa is frightened: she loves movies, music, games and especially school; she has just taken her exams to study...
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