{"product_id":"my-forbidden-face-9781860499616","title":"My Forbidden Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eLatifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journalist, she was interested in fashion, movies and friends. Her father was in the import\/export business and her mother was a doctor.\u003cbr\u003eThen in September 1996, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. From that moment, Latifa, just 16 years old became a prisoner in her own home. Her school was closed. Her mother was banned from working. The simplest and most basic freedoms - walking down the street, looking out a window - were no longer hers. She was now forced to wear a chadri. \u003cbr\u003eMy Forbidden Face provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend. Her voice captures a lost innocence, but also echoes her determination to live in freedom and hope. \u003cbr\u003eEarlier this year, Latifa and her parents escaped Afghanistan with the help of a French-based Afghan resistance group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn May 2001, Latifa \u0026amp; her parents escaped Afghanistan \u0026amp; were brought to Europe in an operation organized by a French-based Afghan resistance group \u0026amp; Elle Magazine. She speaks Persian and is learning English and French. Latifa is not her real name.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Piatkus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528388251922,"sku":"9781860499616","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f670907-a112-4fde-bf8f-8ee83647f9e5.jpg?v=1731324801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-forbidden-face-9781860499616","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}