One Half from the East
Nadia Hashimi
After her family relocates from Kabul to her father’s childhood village, ten-year-old Obayda becomes a bacha posh, a girl presented as a boy. Initially uncomfortable with the role, she learns from an older bacha posh named Rashid and begins to experience freedoms unavailable to her sisters. As Obayd, she attempts to help her injured father recover after an explosion in Kabul. Her friend’s role ends abruptly when marriage to the village warlord is imposed.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
