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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan (2014)

by Jenny Nordberg

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An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

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305.309581Social sciences › Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology › Groups of people › People by gender or sex › Biography and History by Region › Asia

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HQ1075.A3Social sciences › The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality › The Family. Marriage. Women › Sex role

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