{"product_id":"9781039007079","title":"Outspoken","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I have three   strikes against me. I’m a woman, I speak out for women, and I’m Hazara, the   most persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sima Samar has been   fighting for equality and justice for most of her life. 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. By the time she was in medical school, she had a son, Ali, and had become a   revolutionary. After her husband was disappeared by the pro-Russian regime,   she escaped. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSima 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. And as a former Vice President, she knows all the   players in this chess game called Afghanistan. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite 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 \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e the citizens of her country.","brand":"Sima Samar","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47564268929236,"sku":"9781039007079","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e3869de9-ce0a-4e88-8317-a518fc4a2d31.jpg?v=1771388470","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781039007079","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}