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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

Jenny Nordberg

An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

Gender & SexualityGender & Sexuality · high confidenceGender & Sexuality81 signalsLlm Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityOpen Library: Gender identity -> Gender & SexualityOpen Library: Gender roles -> Gender & SexualityHousing, Cities & Urban LifeWar & Military StrategyMiddle East & North Africa

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize2015WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Kabul85%
    • Afghanistan75%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book argues that the custom of disguising girls as boys is a hidden Afghan resistance practice whose political and social significance shapes practitioners’ prospects and experiences.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.