Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle For Freedom - Couverture souple

Zoya's Story is a young woman's searing account of her clandestine war of resistance against the Taliban and religious fanaticism at the risk of her own life. An epic tale of fear and suffering, courage and hope, Zoya's Story is a powerful testament to the ongoing battle to claim human rights for the women of Afghanistan.

Zoya helped to secretly film a public cutting of hands in a Kabul stadium and to organize covert literacy classes, though they were strictly forbidden to girls. At an Afghan refugee camp she heard tales of heart-rending suffering and worked to provide a future to families who had lost everything; she is our witness to the horrors perpetrated by the Taliban.

Hers is a memoir that speaks louder than the images of devastation and outrage; it is a powerful, moving message of optimism as she struggles to bring the plight of Afghan women to the world's attention.

50 percent of the proceeds from the sale of this audio book will be donated to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

John Follain has covered Italy and the Vatican as a correspondent for the Sunday Times since 1998. He is the author of the critically acclaimed titles A Dishonoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia's Threat to Europe, Jackal: The Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal, and Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom written with Rita Cristofari and Zoya. He lives with his wife in Rome.

Rita Cristofari has worked as a press officer for the United Nations and Médecins Sans Frontières and for France 2 television.