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221202s2023 nyu o 000 0aeng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780857528810 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
923.718 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| Item number |
MAH/D |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Source of number |
CC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mahfouz, Sola, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Defiant dreams : |
| Remainder of title |
the journey of an Afghan girl who risked everything for education / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Doubleday / Penguin Random House UK, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life. Sola Mahfouz was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1996. That same year, the Taliban took over her country for the first time. They banned television and photographs, presided over brutal public executions, and turned the clock backwards on women's rights, practically imprisoning women within their own homes and forcing them to wear cruel, tent-like burqas. At age eleven, Sola was forced to stop attending school after a group of men threatened to throw acid in her face if she continued. After that she was confined to her home, required to cook and clean and prepare for an arranged marriage. She saw the outside world only a handful of times each year. As time passed, Sola began to understand that she was condemned to the same existence as millions of women in Afghanistan. Her future was empty. The rest of her life would be controlled entirely by men, fathers and husbands and sons who would never allow her to study, to earn money, or even to dream. Driven by this devastating realization, Sola began a years-long fight to change the trajectory of her life. She decided that education would be her way out. At age sixteen, without even a basic ability to add or subtract, she began secretly to teach herself math and English. She progressed rapidly, and within just two years she was already studying topics such as philosophy and physics. Faced with obstacles at every turn, Sola still managed to sneak into Pakistan to take the SAT. In 2016, she escaped to the United States, where she is now a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University. An engrossing, dramatic memoir, co-written with young Indian American human rights activist Malaina Kapoor, Defiant Dreams is the story of one girl, but it's also the untold story of a generation of women brimming with potential and longing for freedom"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sex discrimination in education |
| Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Girls |
| General subdivision |
Education |
| Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions |
| Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kapoor, Malaina, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Item type |
Lending |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mahfouz, Sola, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1996- |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
