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Women's rights defender focuses on other issues

By CARL HARTMAN
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-"A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice" (Scribner, 231 pages, $25), by Malalai Joya with Derrick O'Keefe: At 31, Malalai Joya has a long and courageous record of fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan. Now she is focusing on war lords, drug lords and corruption and the leaders she sees as supporting them.
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2009-10-19 11:01:42

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A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Scribner, 231 pages, $25), by Malalai Joya with Derrick O\'Keefe: At 31, Malalai Joya has a long and courageous record of fighting for women\'s rights in Afghanistan. Now she is focusing on war lords, drug lords and corruption and the leaders she sees as supporting them.