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"The story of how Shaesta Waiz became the youngest woman in history, and the first woman from Afghanistan, to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft"--Provided by publisher.

Inspired by a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane, Parveen Shams travels to a remote village in the land of her birth to help with his charitable foundation. But when she sees that his book is littered with lies, Parveen must decide where her loyalties lie--with the soldiers or the villagers.

Details the efforts of the author who established a soccer clinic for Afghan women to instill them with hope after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which has since grown allow hundreds of Afghan girls to compete in the Afghanistan Football Federation.

Suraya Sadeed chronicles her efforts to bring hope and relief to the refugees, women, and orphans of Afghanistan, describing how she has risked her own life to help the war-torn country and create the organization Help the Afghan Children.

Masuda Sultan recounts her childhood in Kandahar, emmigration to the U.S., arranged marriage at seventeen, struggles to remain true to her heritage, return to her homeland, and other related topics.

The author, born in the U.S. in 1974 to Afghan immigrants, describes her upbringing, her family's past, and her dual identity, and discusses relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan before and after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Describes how the Afghan-born author flourished throughout her upbringing in America thanks to organized athletics, her founding of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange for Afghan girls after the fall of the Taliban, and the personal stories of eight young soccer players.

An auto-biography of Saima Wahab, a Pashtun woman born in Kabul, Afghanistan, who fled as a refugee to Pakistan and later Portland, Oregon, and her struggles against the traditional gender roles of her native culture.