Outspoken

The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan's Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women

About the author

Sima Samar is a globally renowned women’s and human rights activist and doctor from Afghanistan. She established the Shuhada Organization that operated more than one hundred schools and dozens of hospitals and clinics in the country. She served as Minister of Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan and is the former chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. She was formerly the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Sudan. She is currently a visiting scholar at Tufts University’s Fletcher School
Sally Armstrong is an award-winning author, journalist and human rights activist.

Summary

The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan’s Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Sima Samar, Sima Samar
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2024
• EAN: 9780863568985
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-898-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 224 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Politics, Feminism and feminist theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Asian & Asian American