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Defiant Dreams - The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education (Paperback)
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Defiant Dreams - The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education (Paperback)
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'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing'
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 their 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. In the space of nine years she achieved the level of
education that a westerner might take 25 years to do and against
all odds moved to America to study quantum computing. It is a
radical act to tell the story of an Afghan woman. Too often, they
are portrayed only as victims, their identities erased by thick
veils and blanket reporting. Defiant Dreams will change the
narrative. It's the story of an Afghan girl who dared to ask for
more.
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