However Tall The Mountain: A Dream, Eight Girls, & A Journey Home - Hardcover

Ayub, Awista

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401322492 ISBN 13: 9781401322496

Verlag: Hyperion, 2009

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Book by Ayub Awista

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"Awista's work shows young Afghan women that there is a wider world open to them now that the brutality of the Taliban is a thing of the past."

In 2006 I was at home watching the ESPY Awards when two young women from Afghanistan were honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. I was moved to tears and knew immediately that these brave women needed to tell their stories. By facing extraordinary obstacles and even life-threatening danger--just by playing a sport that we take for granted--they came together to play soccer and in the process they have brought about change in a country where a woman's very identity has been brutally stripped away." -- Gretchen Young

"The young Afghan women in However Tall the Mountain are pioneers. Their story is one of resilience and courage. This book is a testament to the power of hope and the will to dream in a country where so many dreams have been cut short." "Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns""

"The young Afghan women in However Tall the Mountain are pioneers. Their story is one of resilience and courage. This book is a testament to the power of hope and the will to dream in a country where so many dreams have been cut short." Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns"

"Awista Ayub has movingly captured the indomitable spirit of Afghan women in this chronicle of brave girls who risked persecution and worse to pursue the dreams of ordinary childhood. In doing what they love most in life playing soccer the girls become emblems of the fight for equality and human rights under the Taliban. Their story reminds us that there is always hope and possibility for a brighter future even in the wreckage left by war and conflict." Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton"

Reseña del editor:

Describes how the Afghanistan-born author flourished throughout her upbringing in America thanks to organized athletics, her founding of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange for Afghan girls after the fall of the Taliban, and the personal stories of eight young soccer players. 100,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1401322492
• ISBN 13: 9781401322496
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 235