{"product_id":"my-forbidden-face-9781860499616","title":"My Forbidden Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eLatifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her father was in the import\/export business and her mother was a doctor.\u003cbr\u003eThen in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms - walking down the street, looking out a window - were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. \u003cbr\u003eMy Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. \u003cbr\u003eEarlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Piatkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860499616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e67083 \/ My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Latifa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150404845749,"sku":"9781860499616","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cf1a49ca-489f-4f26-a9f6-cb14b9b3c535.jpg?v=1696347606","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-forbidden-face-9781860499616","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}