Behind the burqa : (Record no. 10314)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02108mam a22001814a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0471263893 (cloth) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.10482 |
| Author Mark | YAS |
| Ledger number | N-01, P-146 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Yasgur, Batya Swift. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Behind the burqa : |
| Remainder of title | our life in Afghanistan and how we escaped to freedom / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by "Sulima" and "Hala" as told to Batya Swift Yasgur. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Hoboken, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | John Wiley, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 277 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "In Behind the Burqa, you'll meet two sisters whose thirst for freedom and independence led them to extraordinary acts of courage, defiance, and desperation. For fear of reprisal, "Sulima" and "Hala" cannot, even now, reveal their true identities. What they do reveal in remarkable detail is the private torment of women in Afghanistan and their decades-long public struggle for political rights, education, and equality.". |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Sulima paints a vivid portrait of growing up in a strict Muslim household. She tells the chilling story of how her own brothers betrayed her in the name of family honor - and she recounts the important role she played in the formation of Afghanistan's first women's rights and literacy movements in the 1970s. Sulima also relates the events that led to the stark choice she was forced to make between being sent to prison and leaving her country forever.". |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Hala, sixteen years younger than Sulima, describes a childhood plagued by the rise of the Mujihaddin and the unspeakable brutality of mobs intent on ridding Afghanistan of all Western influence. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Through her eyes, we witness a midnight raid on her family's home, the poverty and starvation that beset the nation during its years of war and anarchy, the perils of running a clandestine school for girls under the Taliban regime, the terrors of being arrested and brutalized, and the dangers of fleeing Afghanistan. Just as shocking is the story of her arrival as an asylum-seeker in the United States - and her determination at the hands of immigration authorities."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Women |
| Geographic subdivision | Afghanistan |
| General subdivision | Social conditions. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type |
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| NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | 15/10/2014 | 958.10482 YAS | 38270 | Books |