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Meena, heroine of Afghanistan : the martyr who founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan / Melody Ermachild Chavis ; foreword by Alice Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin’s Griffin Press, c2003. Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 208 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780312306908
  • 031230689X
  • 0312306903
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1735.6. Z75.

“A profoundly moving experience…a page-turner—Los Angeles Times”—cover page.

Abstract: "Meena founded RAWA in 1977 as a twenty-year-old Kabul University student. She was assassinated in 1987 at age thirty but lives on in the hearts of all progressive Muslim women. Her voice, speaking for freedom, has never been silenced. The compelling story of Meena's struggle for democracy and women's rights in Afghanistan will inspire young women the world over"—cover page.

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