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In 1979, when Awista Ayub was only two years old, her family fled Afghanistan for the United States, where Awista flourished, thanks to organized athletics - and where she vowed to make a difference in her home country some day. Soon after the fall of the Taliban, Awista saw her chance: She founded the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange, an organization dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer. What began with eight young women has exploded into something of a phenomenon. Fifteen teams now compete wtih the Afghanistan Football Federation, with hundreds of girls participating. By bringing soccer to young Afghan women, Awista re-introduced the very traits the decades of war had cruelly stripped away from them - confidence and self-worth. In However Tall the Mountain, she tells her story and the stories of the eight original girls. Timely, heartfelt, and moving , it shows how women can find strength in each other, in teamwork, and in themselves - risking their lives to obtain the freedom that we take for granted.
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However tall the mountain: a dream, eight girls, and a journey home
2009, Hyperion
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