Bibliograph

Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse, the true story of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to Afghanistan, Suraya Sadeed with Damien Lewis

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Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse, the true story of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to Afghanistan, Suraya Sadeed with Damien Lewis

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse

Oclc number

670476403

Responsibility statement

Suraya Sadeed with Damien Lewis

Sub title

the true story of a woman who risked everything to bring hope to Afghanistan

Table Of Contents

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

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