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Opium nation : child brides, drug lords, and one woman's journey through Afghanistan  Cover Image Book Book

Opium nation : child brides, drug lords, and one woman's journey through Afghanistan / Fariba Nawa.

Nawa, Fariba, author. 

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  • ISBN: 9780061934704
  • ISBN: 0061934704
  • Physical Description: viii, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, [2011]
  • Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-343) and index.
  • Formatted Contents: Home after eighteen years -- Four decades of unrest -- A struggle for coherency -- My father's voyage -- Meeting Darya -- A smuggling tradition -- The opium bride -- Traveling on the border of death -- Where the poppies bloom -- The smiles of Badakhshan -- My mother's Kabul -- Women on both sides of the law -- Adventures in Karte Parwan -- Raids in Takhar -- Uprisings against the warlords -- The good agents -- In search of Darya -- Through the mesh -- Letting go--
Subject: Opium trade > Social aspects > Afghanistan.
Drug traffic > Social aspects > Afghanistan.
Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions.
Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century.
Afghanistan > Social life and customs > 21st century.


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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Consortium of Ohio Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marvin Memorial Library.

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