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.
Despite being in grave personal danger for many years, she has worked tirelessly for the dream she is convinced is an achievable one: justice and full Human Rights for all the citizens of her country..
With stories that are at times poignant, at times terrifying, inspiring as well as disheartening, Sima provides an unparalleled view of Afghanistan\'s past and its present.
And as a former Vice President, she knows all the players in this chess game called Afghanistan.
Sima Samar\'s wide-ranging experiences both in her home country and on the world stage have given her inside access to the dishonesty, the collusion, the corruption, the self-serving leaders, and the hijacking of religion.
With her son and medical degree, she took off into the rural areas--by horseback, by donkey, even on foot--to treat people who had never had medical help before.
After her husband was disappeared by the pro-Russian regime, she escaped.
By the time she was in medical school, she had a son, Ali, and had become a revolutionary.
Born into a polygamous family, she learned early that girls had inferior status, and she had to agree to an arranged marriage if she wanted to go to university.
Sima Samar has been fighting for equality and justice for most of her life.
Dr.
I\'m a woman, I speak out for women, and I\'m Hazara, the most persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan.
I have three strikes against me.
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
