The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control... read more
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