EAN: 9781529176056

DEFIANT DREAMS - SOLA MAHFOUZ MALAINA KAPOOR KA...

'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing''Stories like this inspire me.
Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism about the
future.' BILL GATESAt age eleven  Sola Mahfouz was told she could no longer attend school. The
Taliban threatened that any girl who dared to continue their education would have acid thrown
in their face  be kidnapped  or worse. Confined to the walls of her home  Sola watched as the
few freedoms of childhood were stripped away. She was forbidden to play  to sing  even to
laugh. Her early teenage years were consumed by restrictions. Realising that she would have to
either succumb to this life or find a way out  she decided on the latter. At age sixteen 
without even a basic ability to add or subtract  she began secretly learning maths and English.
By reading dictionaries and taking free online courses  she taught herself theoretical physics
and philosophy  all from a home she could only leave five times a year. In the space of nine
years she achieved the level of education that a westerner might take 25 years to do and
against all odds moved to America to study quantum computing. It is a radical act to tell the
story of an Afghan woman. Too often  they are portrayed only as victims  their identities
erased by thick veils and blanket reporting. Defiant Dreams will change the narrative. It's the
story of an Afghan girl who dared to ask for more.

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