However Tall the Mountain
A Dream, Eight Girls, and a Journey Home
By Awista Ayub
(Hyperion Books, Hardcover, 9781401322496, 256pp.)
Publication Date: August 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook
Categories: Sociology of Sports, Soccer
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Description
Ayub has movingly captured the indomitable spirit of Afghan women in this chronicle of brave girls who risked persecution and worse to pursue the dreams of ordinary childhood. In doing what they love most in life--playing soccer--the girls become emblems of the fight for equality and human rights under the Taliban.--Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Monday, Sep 14, 2009
In 2004, Awista Ayub, an Afghan immigrant to the U.S., formed the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange and brought eight Afghan girls to the U.S. to play soccer. In her new book However Tall the Mountain, Ayub tells the story of the young athletes who left their war-torn country to play the game the loved. More at NPR.org
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- The title of the book comes from an Afghan proverb: "However tall the mountain, there's always a road." Why do you think the author chose this proverb as the title of the book?
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