The Favored Daughter (37 page)

blue shuttlecock,
106

experience of wearing,
50–8
,
146
,
178–9

and identity,
146

as protection,
50–4

and the Taliban, See Taliban and women

Western view of,
50–1

Bush, George,
201
,
239

Bush, Laura,
239

Buzkashi (game),
33–4

Cameron, David,
240

career of Fawzia Koofi

dreams of being a doctor,
89
,
92
,
113
,
187–8
,
209

as English teacher,
92
,
155–6
,
186
,
188–90

as manager of orphanage,
192

and medical survey tour for Foundation for Children,
193–7

political career, See political career of Koofi

as UNICEF children's protection officer,
197–200
,
206–12
,
216

Chechens,
100
,
208

child brides,
15
,
19
,
24–5

child mortality, ix,
152–3
,
187
,
219
,
242–3

children in Afghanistan, ix,
15
,
19–27
,
29–30
,
37–8
,
152–6
,
187
,
221
,
244–5

and child brides,
15
,
19
,
24–5

and divorce,
23–4

and mortality, ix,
152–3
,
187
,
221
,
242–4

and second marriages,
38–9

China, ix,
193
,
253

Clinton, Hillary,
240

clothing, See female clothing; male clothing

CNN,
115

Cold War,
9–10
,
32
,
48
,
108
,
205

communism,
29–32
,
101–2
,
106
,
124
,
151
,
156
,
158

constitution (Afghan),
19–20
,
90
,
210
,
255

corruption, x,
4
,
114–15
,
221
,
234
,
240
,
246–7
,
251

daira,
134
,
219

Dari language,
169

Darwaz,
1
,
6
,
8
,
194

“Daz Ma Zeba Watan” (“This Land Was My Ancestors'”) (song),
232–3

“dead man's dance,”
49

Dehmazang,
74

democracy (Afghan),
8
,
32
,
210–11
,
216
,
220
,
231–4
,
247–9
,
253

displaced persons (IDP) camp,
201

Dostum, Rashid Abdul,
70–1
,
159

dukhtarak (“less than a girl”),
26

Durand line,
150

education of women,
1–2
,
15
,
24
,
26
,
43–5
,
52
,
71–3
,
77
,
89
,
92
,
113
,
210

and Koofi,
1–2
,
43–5
,
52
,
71–3
,
77
,
89
,
92
,
113

and Taliban,
113
,
210

elections,
8
,
210
,
216–18
,
220–2
,
225
,
228–31
,
234–5
,
240
,
248
,
250
,
255

English language,
71
,
89
,
92
,
148
,
155–6
,
186
,
188–90

ethnic diversity,
48–9
,
69–71
,
81–2
,
147
,
150
,
156–7
,
233
,
244–5
,
254

See Aimak; Baluch; Hazaras; Hizbi Islami; Pashtu; Takjiks; Turkmen; Uzbeks

European Parliament,
200

Faizabad,
1
,
6–8
,
18
,
43–5
,
49
,
51–6
,
143
,
181–3
,
186–93
,
197
,
199
,
201
,
210
,
218–19
,
229
,
239–40

family of Fawzia Koofi

father of, See Abdul Rahman; relationship with father

mother of, See Bibi jan Rahman; relationship withmother

and parents' marriage, See parents' marriage

siblings of,
24–6
,
61
,
73
,
129
,
218
,
223

See brothers; sisters “Fawzia's road,”
239–40

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),
150

female clothing in Afghanistan,
18
,
39–40
,
43–6
,
50–3
,
56–8
,
90
,
100–7
,
110
,
113–14
,
123
,
146
,
166–8
,
179
,
208
,
249

city versus rural,
43–5
,
56
,
166–8

and end of civil war,
90

and identity,
146

and modesty,
50–1

painted nails,
166–8

and protection,
39–40

and Taliban,
100–7
,
113–14

work shoes,
18

See burqa; hijab; niqabs; shalwar kameez

“feminism,”
234

Five Pillar approach,
245

Fontaine, Nicole,
200

Foundation for Children,
193–7

France
24
,
115
,
202

Gandhi, Indira,
44
,
251

Germany,
245

grandmothers,
23
,
37
,
54–5
,
85
,
132
,
171
,
233

Great Britain,
115
,
193
,
207
,
245
,
253–4

Great Game,
193

green zone (Kabul),
115

haram (forbidden),
40

Harper, Stephen,
240

Hazaras,
70
,
80–2
,
103
,
245

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin,
71
,
92
,
159

hijab,
106–7
,
111

Hindu Kush,
63

Hizbi Islami,
71

hooli (house),
4–5
,
9–12
,
17–21
,
23–4
,
35
,
37–44
,
164
,
223–4

See Paris Suite

human rights activists,
210–11

ibn Abi Talib, Ali,
82

IDP, See displaced persons camp

iftar,
163–4

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),
161–2

International Women's Day,
197

Iran,
29
,
38
,
81
,
83
,
210–11
,
253

ISI, See Inter-Services Intelligence

Islam/Islamic culture,
10
,
21
,
24
,
32
,
34–5
,
40
,
50–2
,
67
,
69
,
70
,
74
,
81–2
,
100–5
,
109
,
121
,
141
,
147
,
156–8
,
164
,
174
,
178–9
,
187
,
189
,
193
,
201–3
,
205
,
232
,
244–5
,
248–9
,
251–2
,
254

and burials,
34–5

female leaders,
251–2

and freedoms,
174

fundamentalism, See Islamic fundamentalism

and kings,
103
,
205

loyalty to,
69

and modesty,
50–2

and women,
40
,
44
,
50–2

Islamic fundamentalism,
100–5
,
100
,
123–4
,
147
,
179
,
201–3
,
248–9

See Taliban; terrorism; Wahhabism

Islamic Indian dynasty,
158

Italy,
245

Jabul Saraj,
177–8

Jalal, Masooda,
238

Jalalabad,
198–9

Japan,
245

jirga,
32–3

Kabul,
7
,
9–10
,
20–2
,
31–2
,
45–6
,
48–9
,
52–3
,
55–8
,
63
,
65–6
,
69–83
,
90
,
92
,
100–3
,
105–7
,
110
,
113–17
,
123–5
,
127
,
133
,
139–40
,
142–3
,
148
,
155
,
158–60
,
163
,
167–8
,
170
,
172–5
,
178
,
181–2
,
184
,
197
,
207–11
,
221–2
,
236
,
239–40
,
249–50
,
253–4

and architecture,
114–15

and civil war,
71–83
,
90

different sectors of,
70
,
115

and mujahideen,
70–83

suicide bombings,
115

Taliban entering,
100–3

and women's dress code,
90

Kabul-Faizabad road,
239–40

Kabul-Kunduz road,
57

Kabul residence (Koofi's childhood),
45–6
,
49–52
,
56–7
,
69–83

Kabul University,
74
,
142
,
210

Kala Panja,
195

Karzai, Hamid,
210
,
217
,
231
,
238
,
254–5

Kennedy, John F.,
202

Khair Khana, Kabul,
70

Khan, Dawoud,
19–20
,
31

Khan, Genghis,
70

Khyber Pass,
150
,
159

kidnapping,
246
,
250

King's Palace, Kabul,
70

Kisham,
181–2
,
190

Kohistani, Abul Sabur Farid,
58
,
71

Koof district,
6–7
,
9
,
17
,
35
,
37
,
39
,
43
,
54
,
190
,
223
,
235

Koofi, Fawzia Rahman

birth of,
4
,
12–13
,
15–16
,
37

and attire,
44–6
,
50–7
,
106
,
132
,
146
,
153
,
160
,
178–9
,
188
,
191–2
,
209

attitude toward men,
178
,
191

childhood of,
4
,
17
,
25–7
,
37–43
,
223–4

and childhood trauma,
37–42
,
223–4

civil war experience,
71–83
,
92

and death threats,
12–13
,
40–1
,
125
,
182

and education,
43–5
,
52
,
71–3
,
77
,
89
,
92
,
113

family of, See family of Fawzia Koofi first flight,
43

and God,
4
,
13
,
41
,
67
,
85
,
114
,
216
,
240 ho
me management,
149–50

marriage, See marriage of Fawzia Koofi

and motherhood, See motherhood, and Fawzia

and mujahideen rule, See mujahideen and Fawzia Koofi

political career of, See member of parliament as refugee,
37–44
,
124–7
,
156–7
,
173–83
,
223–4

See Bagh-e-bala; Faizabad; Jabul Saraj; Kabul; Lahore; Parwan; Puli Khumri; Takhar residences

Koofi, Hamid (husband),
86–7
,
89–91
,
107
,
115–19
,
133
,
135
,
137–44
,
146–70
,
172–3
,
175–83
,
186–93
,
196
,
198–90
,
208–13
,
215
,
216
,
218
,
227
,
230–2
,
235

arrests of,
140–44
,
198

death of,
213
,
215
,
216
,
227
,
232