A Woman Among Warlords

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A Woman Among Warlords is the memoir of Afghan activist and former parliamentarian Malalai Joya, detailing her outspoken opposition to warlords, the Taliban, and foreign occupation in Afghanistan.

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instanceOf book
alternateTitle Raising My Voice
author Malalai Joya
coAuthor Derrick O’Keefe
countryOfOrigin Afghanistan
describes Malalai Joya’s childhood as a refugee
Malalai Joya’s election to the Afghan parliament
Malalai Joya’s expulsion from the Afghan parliament
Malalai Joya’s political activism
criticism of Afghan warlords
criticism of NATO presence in Afghanistan
criticism of the Taliban
focusesOn corruption in Afghan government
human rights abuses in Afghanistan
role of women in Afghan society
genre autobiography
political memoir
hasISBN 978-1-4165-8897-6
hasPerspective first-person narrative
hasSubjectPosition anti-occupation
pro-democracy
mainSubject Afghan politics
Malalai Joya
Taliban
foreign military intervention in Afghanistan
warlordism in Afghanistan
women’s rights in Afghanistan
mediaType ebook
print
notableFor depiction of women’s resistance in Afghanistan
outspoken criticism of Afghan warlords
originalLanguage English
pageCount approximately 288
politicalOrientation anti-Taliban
anti-warlord
critical of foreign occupation
publicationDate 2009
publisher Scribner
linked to: Scribner Books
setting Afghanistan
targetAudience readers interested in Afghan politics
readers interested in women’s rights
timePeriod Afghan civil war (1990s)
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War
Taliban regime
linked to: Taliban

post-2001 US-led intervention in Afghanistan

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Malalai Joya notableWork A Woman Among Warlords
Malalai Joya notableWork A Woman Among Warlords
subject linked to: Malalai