The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Why read it

• You will see how steady, practical work can keep a household and a community going under pressure
• You will learn what daily life in Kabul was like for women under Taliban rule, through one family
• You will think differently about women in a war zone, seeing people who build and supply, not only people who suffer

Who it is for

• A reader who knows Afghan women only from news headlines
• An aspiring founder looking for stories of enterprise under pressure
• A teenager or parent wanting a story of a determined young woman

Contents

1. Author’s Note
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1
4. Chapter 2
5. Chapter 3
6. Chapter 4
7. Chapter 5
8. Chapter 6
9. Chapter 7
10. Chapter 8
11. Chapter 9
12. Epilogue
13. Kamila Sidiqi with Condoleezza Rice
14. Resources

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