The 19th daughter of a local village leader, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun hours after her birth by her mother, who didn't want another daughter. But she survived and perseverance and good luck in the face of extreme hardship have defined her life ever since. Surviving the Russian and Tali[...]
As America prepares to draw down its forces in Afghanistan, this story of survival and hope from avoice of the country's most oppressed group could not be more timely. Born to the second of her father's seven wives in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi's mother - who had hopedfor a son - left her to di[...]
The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and[...]