The Vanishing Girl of Kabul
Betrayal, Hope and an Extraordinary Fight for Women’s Rights
$29.75
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2026
Summary
‘A memoir that doubles as a warning. Zahra Joya writes for the women the world abandoned to the Taliban’s brutal gender apartheid - and refuses to let us forget them… [she] is one of the bravest journalists of our time’ - Malala Yousafzai
‘Beautifully written and powerfully told. Joya’s story will leave you angry, but also awed that in this painful history there’s still profound hope. An impressive memoir of a truly inspiring individual’ - Lyse Doucet…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408783634 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408783630 |
| Author: | Zahra Joya, Amie Ferris-Rotman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 24mm |
About The Author
Zahra Joya
Zahra Joya is a leading human rights journalist living in exile in London. She was airlifted out of Kabul during the chaotic days of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. A year earlier, Joya founded Rukhshana Media, one of Afghanistan’s first news agencies dedicated to the stories of women. She is a former TIME Magazine Woman of the Year and has won awards and accolades across the world, including the Marie Colvin Award, the Gates Foundation Changemaker and CNN Champion for Change. She was named one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2022.
Amie Ferris-Rotman is a British-American journalist, editor and writer. She has covered Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, and the wider post-Soviet region for two decades. Her work has focused on women’s rights and earned numerous honours.
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