法齐娅•库菲，阿富汗唯一一位女性国会议长，自童年开始便亲眼目睹阿富汗人民的苦难与悲惨，立誓投身政治，面对质疑，诽谤，不公正的政治环境，一次次的暗杀与迫害，她始终坚定地与所有反对力量抗争，也幸运地躲过了一次次死亡的威胁。
她有一个 “我永远不会站在你和你的祖国之间”的丈夫和一段凄美至极的爱情。她代表阿富汗最贫穷地区的利益，代表正义的力量，她每一次走出家门都是充满危险的未知旅程，都无法保证自己能否平安返回，于是她只能在每次出门前给最亲爱的两个女儿留下一封信：如果她不在了，女儿们要怎样面对生活。请不要悲伤，你们要从中汲取，犹存的力量。
尽管生命充满苦痛与辛酸，但这本书里的每一段悲痛的情节都能让人见到希望的阳光。信仰超越了死亡，岁月沉淀了从容，绽放出最夺目的光彩。
In this courageous memoir, Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan’s most popular female politician, gives us her first-hand account of Afghan history through the rule of the Mujahedeen and Taliban, her experiences of the Afghanistan War, and the effects of these events on the lives of women in Afghanistan. In writing Letters to My Daughters, Fawziahas created a fresh take on Afghan society and Islam, and a gripping account of a life lived under the most harrowing of circumstances.
Fawziais the nineteenth child of twenty-three in a family with seven wives. Her father was an incorruptible politician strongly attached to Afghan tradition. When he was murdered by the Mujahedeen, Fawziais illiterate mother escaped with her children and decided to send the ten-year-old Fawziato school. As the civil war raged, Fawziadodged bullets and snipers to attend class, determined to be the first person in her family to receive an education.
Fawziawent on to marry a man she loved, and they had two cherished daughters, Shohra and Shaharzad. Sadly, the arrival of the Taliban spelled an end to Fawzia’s freedom. Outraged and deeply saddened by the injustice she saw around her, and by the tainting of her Islamic faith, she discovered politics for herself, following in her father’s footsteps. Tragically, this choice has lead to security threats to her life by Islamic extremists. Thus, Letters to My Daughtersis not only a record of her life, but also acts as a literal letter through which Fawzia can pass on her wisdom about justice and dignity to her daughters, not knowing for how long she will survive such attacks.
