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Soft Cover in good condition. Text is clean. Over-all in good shape. Published 2014. 350 pages.
The true story of the hidden lives of Afghan Girls, disguised as Boys. Bacha posh: a hidden Afghan custom of resistance. Meaning 'dressed up like a boy' in dari, bacha posh girls are raised and presented to the world as boys.
This book tells the story of Azita, a female parliamentarian who sees no other choice but to turn her 4th daughter, Mehran, into a boy, Zahra, the tomboy teenager who struggles with puberty and refuses her parents' attempts to turn her back into a girl.
A sad, but true, story..... with an interesting twist towards the end.
