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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

Paperback • 2015 • English

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

By Jenny Nordberg

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About the book

An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as dressed up like a boy ) is a third kind of child a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Nordberg, the reporter...Show more

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ISBN

9780307952509

Publisher

Broadway Books

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

Format

Paperback

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