Rubies in the dust : voices from Afghanistan / curated by Tariq Habibyar ; retold by Heather McQuillan.

About Rubies in the dust -- Soraya's story -- The boy from Kabul -- Asil's imagination -- My sister, Lalah -- The biscuit boy -- Books for my sisters.

As a teenage student in Afghanistan, Habibyar cycled to the homes of female students forced out of school by the Taliban, and gave them lessons. Now a doctoral student at Canterbury University, Habibyar returned to Afghanistan and collected these stories of women and girls struggling for education in Afghanistan. With the proceeds of this book, Habibyar will have it translated back into Dari and distributed in Afghanistan to build awareness of the empowering effects of education.