The Resource A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight, Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight, Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
- Summary
- "'Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood'--Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram--un-Islamic, forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights. A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAUGHTER tell of Maria's harrowing journey to play the sport she knew was her destiny, first living as a boy and roaming the violent back alleys of the frontier city of Peshawar, rising to become the number one female squash player in Pakistan. For Maria, squash was more than liberation--it was salvation. But it was also a death sentence, thrusting her into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban, who wanted Maria and her family dead. Maria knew her only chance of survival was to flee the country. Enter Jonathon Power, the first North American to earn the title of top squash player in the world, and the only person to heed Maria's plea for help. Recognizing her determination and talent, Jonathon invited Maria to train and compete internationally in Canada. After years of living on the run from the Taliban, Maria packed up and left the only place she had ever known to move halfway across the globe and pursue her dream. Now Maria is well on the way to becoming a world champion as she continues to be a voice for oppressed women everywhere"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 355 p. :
- Contents
-
- Prologue: A Prophecy
- One: Between the Mountains
- Two: The Mullah
- Three: An Unlikely Bride
- Four: Genghis Khan
- Five: Bhutto's Muse
- Six: The Wall
- Seven: The City of Guns
- Eight: Deities, Temples, and Angels
- Nine: Out of the Tribal Lands
- Ten: The Capital of Empires
- Eleven: I Am Maria
- Twelve: Playing Like a Girl
- Thirteen: Smoking Scorpions
- Fourteen: Rupees for My Mother
- Fifteen: The Giver of Treasure
- Sixteen: Number One
- Seventeen: In the Crosshairs
- Eighteen: Purdah
- Nineteen: Breakbone Fever
- Twenty: Liberty Bell
- Epilogue: One Thousand Marias
- Isbn
- 9781455591411
- Label
- A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight
- Title
- A different kind of daughter
- Title remainder
- the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight
- Statement of responsibility
- Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
- Subject
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- Taliban
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Taliban.
- Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-
- Escapes -- Pakistan.
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Women's rights -- Pakistan.
- Passing (Identity) -- Pakistan.
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "'Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood'--Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram--un-Islamic, forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights. A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAUGHTER tell of Maria's harrowing journey to play the sport she knew was her destiny, first living as a boy and roaming the violent back alleys of the frontier city of Peshawar, rising to become the number one female squash player in Pakistan. For Maria, squash was more than liberation--it was salvation. But it was also a death sentence, thrusting her into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban, who wanted Maria and her family dead. Maria knew her only chance of survival was to flee the country. Enter Jonathon Power, the first North American to earn the title of top squash player in the world, and the only person to heed Maria's plea for help. Recognizing her determination and talent, Jonathon invited Maria to train and compete internationally in Canada. After years of living on the run from the Taliban, Maria packed up and left the only place she had ever known to move halfway across the globe and pursue her dream. Now Maria is well on the way to becoming a world champion as she continues to be a voice for oppressed women everywhere"--
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- Title
- A different kind of daughter
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- Summary
- A woman from an oppressive Pakistani tribal region, where women playing sports is forbidden, discusses how she passed as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights, as well as the subject of a forthcoming 2016 documentary
- Subject
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- Society and culture -- Gender | Women
- Escapes -- Pakistan
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Politics and global affairs -- Civil and human rights
- Oppression (Psychology)
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Life stories -- Sports | Athletes
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Passing (Identity)
- Women's rights -- Pakistan
- Biography type
- autobiography
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- 10488901
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 796.343092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV1003.62.T66
- LC item number
- A3 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
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- A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight, Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
- Related Authorities
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- Women's rights
- Women athletes
- Women squash players
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Social conditions
- Oppression (Psychology)
- Biography
- Women
- Autobiographies
- Biography.
- Politics and global affairs
- Gender
- Passing (Identity)
- Pakistan
- Squash players
- Taliban.
- Civil and human rights
- Athletes
- Pakistan.
- Escapes
- Society and culture
- Social conditions.
- Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-
- Life stories
- Sports
- Related Subjects
-
- Society and culture -- Gender | Women
- Escapes -- Pakistan
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Taliban.
- Politics and global affairs -- Civil and human rights
- Oppression (Psychology)
- Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Escapes -- Pakistan.
- Life stories -- Sports | Athletes
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Women's rights -- Pakistan.
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Passing (Identity)
- Passing (Identity) -- Pakistan.
- Autobiographies
- Women's rights -- Pakistan
- Contents
- Prologue: A Prophecy -- One: Between the Mountains -- Two: The Mullah -- Three: An Unlikely Bride -- Four: Genghis Khan -- Five: Bhutto's Muse -- Six: The Wall -- Seven: The City of Guns -- Eight: Deities, Temples, and Angels -- Nine: Out of the Tribal Lands -- Ten: The Capital of Empires -- Eleven: I Am Maria -- Twelve: Playing Like a Girl -- Thirteen: Smoking Scorpions -- Fourteen: Rupees for My Mother -- Fifteen: The Giver of Treasure -- Sixteen: Number One -- Seventeen: In the Crosshairs -- Eighteen: Purdah -- Nineteen: Breakbone Fever -- Twenty: Liberty Bell -- Epilogue: One Thousand Marias
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- 24 cm.
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- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 355 p. :
- Isbn
- 9781455591411
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015050405
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928613949
Subject
- Autobiographies
- Escapes -- Pakistan.
- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Passing (Identity) -- Pakistan.
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Taliban
- Taliban.
- Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
- Women's rights -- Pakistan.
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Escapes -- Pakistan
- Life stories -- Sports | Athletes
- Oppression (Psychology)
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Passing (Identity)
- Politics and global affairs -- Civil and human rights
- Society and culture -- Gender | Women
- Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography
- Women's rights -- Pakistan
Genre
- Autobiographies
- Biography.
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Biography
- Life stories
- Politics and global affairs
- Society and culture
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