Defiant dreams : the journey of an Afghan girl who risked everything for education
Mahfouz, Sola, 1996-2024
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At age eleven, Sola Mahfouz was told she could no longer attend school. The Taliban threatened that any girl who dared to continue their education would have acid thrown in the face, be kidnapped, or worse. Confined to the walls of her home, Sola watched as the few freedoms of childhood were stripped away. She was forbidden to play, to sing, even to laugh. Her early teenage years were consumed by restrictions. Realising that she would have to either succumb to this life or find a way out, she decided on the latter. At age sixteen, without even a basic ability to add or subtract, she began secretly learning maths and English. By reading dictionaries and taking free online courses, she taught herself theoretical physics and philosophy, all from a home she could only leave five times a year.
Main title:
Defiant dreams : the journey of an Afghan girl who risked everything for education / Sola Mahfouz, Malaina Kapoor.
Author:
Mahfouz, Sola, 1996-, authorKapoor, Malaina, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529176056 (pbk)
Dewey class:
371.82209581371.822
LC class:
LC2410.A3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3810492
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