Meena, heroine of Afghanistan : the martyr who founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan / Melody Ermachild Chavis ; foreword by Alice Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chavis, Melody Ermachild.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meena, 1957-1987.

Meena.

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

Women social reformers--Afghanistan--Biography.

Women social reformers.

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan--History.

History.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003.

Summary:

Meena founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in 1977 as a twenty-year-old Kabul University student. She was assassinated in 1987 at age thirty and lives on in the hearts of all progressive Muslim women. Her voice, speaking for freedom, has never been silenced. The compelling story of Meena's struggle for democracy and women's rights in Afghanistan will inspire young women the world over. Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan is the portrait of a courageous mother, poet, and leader who symbolizes an entire movement of women that can influence the fate of nations. It is also a riveting account of a singular political career whose legacy has been inherited by RAWA, the women who hold the keys to a peaceful future for Afghanistan. RAWA has authorized this first-ever biography of their martyred founder.

Contents:

1 A Girl Between the old World and the New 1

2 A Teenager in Kabul 12

3 Study the Koran Well 22

4 The New World Begins 33

5 A Partnership 43

6 The Founding 55

7 Growing Danger 67

8 Torn Apart 74

9 Underground 85

10 Europe 101

11 Exile 114

12 Women's Work 124

13 Irretrievable Loss 139

14 With all Their Strength 147

15 Rawa Rising 158

Author's Note: Searching for Meena 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-200) and index.

ISBN:

031230689X

OCLC:

51460889