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Zahra Joya escaped the Taliban. Her memoir is a harrowing but vital read

Zahra Joya escaped the Taliban. Her memoir is a harrowing but vital read

Zahra Joya had been five years old when the Taliban first seized power. When they did it a second time, in August 2021, she was 28.

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Zahra Joya escaped the Taliban. Her memoir is a harrowing but vital read