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Shakib, Siba

 
9780099466444: Samira and Samir
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ISBN 10: 0099466449 ISBN 13: 9780099466444
Editorial: Arrow Books Ltd, 2005

Sinopsis

When the young Afghanistanian girl Samira is born, her father, a commander fighting in the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, decides to raise her as a boy called Samir. The fact that Samir is really a girl is soon forgotton as Samir learns to fight, ride and shoot as well as any boy and when her father is killed she becomes the head of the family. As an adult, she falls in love with the male friend of her youth and is forced to reveal her true identity. In order to marry Bashir, she must relinquish the freedom she is afforded as a man. Samira follows her heart but hates wearing the veil. Eventually, the torment becomes too great and she decides that there must be a third way to live, as a confident woman not confined by the rules of her culture. This is her story.

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Acerca del autor

Born in Iran, Siba Shakib grew up in Tehran and attended a German school there. A writer and maker of documentaries and films, she has travelled to Afghanistan many times over the last five years, visiting the north as well as the territory that was commanded by the Taliban. Several of her documentaries have won awards, including the moving testimonials she has made of the horrors of life in Afghanistan and the plight of the Afghan women. She lives in New York and Germany.

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Editorial
Arrow Books Ltd
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0099466449
ISBN 13 
9780099466444
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
288
Contacto del fabricante
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