{"product_id":"the-favored-daughter-fawzia-koofi-2012-first-edition","title":"The Favored Daughter by Fawzia Koofi \u0026 Nadene Ghouri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Favored Daughter (First Edition in Original Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Afghan Woman Politician's Memoir of Courage, Family and the Fight for Women's Rights, Framed as Letters to Her Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fawzia Koofi \u0026amp; Nadene Ghouri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Palgrave Macmillan, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780230120679\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's black cloth boards with a printed black and green dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo, vi + 266 pages. Includes a section of photographic illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The black cloth boards are clean and square, with a couple of tiny pale specks near the fore-edge and slight bumping at the lower corner. The spine reads cleanly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is tight and clean. The page edges are toned to cream and yellow, with slight general toning only. The text is clean, with no foxing or markings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with wear along the top and bottom edges of the spine and edges, small chips and nicks, and whitening at the head. The spine ends are slightly rubbed. A partly scuffed price\/ISBN sticker with residue sits at the lower right of the back panel. The jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in New York by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012, The Favored Daughter is the memoir of Fawzia Koofi, written with Nadene Ghouri. It follows her life from childhood in rural Afghanistan, through the years of Taliban rule, to her career in politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured partly as letters to her two young daughters. This gives an intimate, personal register to a story of marriage, motherhood, loss and perseverance, set against a country caught between hope for progress and the weight of its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoofi's account offers an inside view of the making of an Afghan woman leader in the face of repression, and records a significant moment in the recent history of Afghanistan and the struggle for women's rights. It is a collectible copy of a widely read modern political memoir, in first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Fawzia Koofi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFawzia Koofi was born in 1975 in the Kof Ab district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, into a political family. She holds a bachelor's degree in law and political science from Kabul University and a master's degree in international relations and human rights from the University of Diplomacy in Geneva. She worked for UNICEF as a child protection officer before being elected to Parliament, where she served as Afghanistan's first female deputy speaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe has been named an Emerging World Leader by the World Economic Forum and was recognised by the Atlantic Council among its 50 Women with Bold Thought. Her other books include Letters to My Daughters. 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