{"product_id":"we-are-still-here-nahid-shahalimi-9780593472903","title":"We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban, to be published for the first anniversary of the US leaving Afghanistan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15th, 2021, so began a steep regression of social, political, and economic freedoms for women in the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut just because a brutal regime has taken over doesn't mean Afghan women will stand by while their rights are stripped away. In \u003ci\u003eWe Are Still Here\u003c\/i\u003e, artist and activist Nahid Shahalimi compiles the voices of thirteen powerful, insightful, and influential Afghan women who have worked as politicians, journalists, scientists, filmmakers, artists, coders, musicians, and more. As they reflect on their country's past, stories of their own upbringing and the ways they have been able to empower girls and women over the past two decades emerge. They report on the fear and pain caused by the impending loss of their homeland, but above all on what many girls and women in Afghanistan have already lost: freedom, self-determination, and joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an arresting book that issues an appeal to remember Afghan girls and women and to show solidarity with them. Like us, they have a right to freedom and dignity, and together we must fight for their place in the free world because Afghanistan is only geographically distant. Extremist ideas know no limits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nahid Shahalimi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059347290X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593472903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.85h x 4.75w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2022","brand":"Nahid Shahalimi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059345158399,"sku":"9780593472903","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b468211e-3d02-40c7-a4d1-6c79e8a3de03.jpg?v=1685057666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-are-still-here-nahid-shahalimi-9780593472903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}