My Beautiful Sisters : A Story of Courage, Hope and the Afghan Women’s Football Team

My Beautiful Sisters : A Story of Courage, Hope and the Afghan Women’s Football Team

(Autor) Khalida Popal
Formato: Hardcover
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'Riveting, heart-wrenching and incredibly important . . . an inspirational story for girls and women everywhere' MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Peace Prize laureate A story of survival, sisterhood and the fight for feminism in the age of the Taliban. August 2021: Kabul falls to the Taliban. Overnight, life for women across Afghanistan changes. The national women's football team faces an imminent threat to their lives, just for playing sport. For Khalida Popal, the team's first captain and co-founder, this is not an unprecedented event. Born in Afghanistan, as a child she fled Taliban rule with her family and grew up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. On her return to Afghanistan, football gave her and her teammates power, comradeship and freedom. But advocating for women's rights in sport put Popal's life increasingly at risk, forcing her to flee the country, this time alone. As a refugee in Denmark, Popal worked to uncover widespread sexual abuse of players by the former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation - forcing FIFA and the government of Afghanistan to act. When Kabul falls Khalida is safe, but her teammates are left behind. Against all the odds, she and a small but mighty network of allies orchestrate an international evacuation strategy to save them. My Beautiful Sisters is a gripping memoir about courage, the power of teamwork against all odds and the existence of hope in dark times.

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Editorial:
John Murray
Formato:
Hardcover
Número de páginas:
None
ISBN:
9781399805728
Año de publicación:
2024
Fecha publicación:
20 de Junio de 2024

Khalida Popal

Khalida Popal is an Afghan-Danish writer known for her powerful memoir "We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope". Her writing style is raw, honest, and poignant, shedding light on the struggles and resilience of Afghan women. Popal's work has made significant contributions to literature by amplifying marginalized voices and advocating for gender equality.

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