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The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Title
  1. The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Harper, ©2011.
Author
  1. Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach

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Description
  1. xxvi, 256 pages : portrait; 22 cm
Summary
  1. The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together.
Subject
  1. Sediqi, Kamela, 1977-
  2. Sediqi, Kamela, 1977- > Family
  3. 2000-2099
  4. Dressmakers > Afghanistan > Kabul > Biography
  5. Sisters > Afghanistan > Kabul > Biography
  6. Businesswomen > Afghanistan > Kabul > Biography
  7. Community life > Afghanistan > Kabul > History > 21st century
  8. Couturiers > Afghānistān > Kaboul > Biographies
  9. Sœurs > Afghānistān > Kaboul > Biographies
  10. Communauté > Afghānistān > Kaboul > Histoire > 21e siècle
  11. Businesswomen
  12. Community life
  13. Dressmakers
  14. Economic history
  15. Families
  16. Manners and customs
  17. Sisters
  18. Schneiderei
  19. Frauenarbeit
  20. Frau
  21. Diskriminierung
  22. Dressmaking > Kabul (Afghanistan) > Biography
  23. Sisters > Biography
  24. Businesswomen > Kabul (Afghanistan) > Biography
  25. Khair Khana (Kabul, Afghanistan) > Biography
  26. Kabul (Afghanistan) > Biography
  27. Kabul (Afghanistan) > Social life and customs > 21st century
  28. Kabul (Afghanistan) > Economic conditions > 21st century
  29. Afghanistan > Kabul
  30. Afghanistan
  31. Kabul > Region
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. History
  4. Biographies.
Contents
  1. The news arrives and everything changes -- A time of goodbyes -- Stitching the future back together -- The plan goes to market -- An idea is born ... but will it work? -- Class is in session -- An unexpected wedding party -- A new opportunity knocks -- Danger in the night sky -- Kabul Jan, Kaweyan, and Kamila's faith in good fortune.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256).
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain