Our author on April 8th, Christina Lamb, has an outstanding reputation as a war correspondent, broadcaster and author.
As Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times, her postings have included South Africa, Pakistan, Brazil and Washington. It was from Pakistan she entered Afghanistan with mujaheddin fighting the Russians and fell in love with the country.
‘Farewell Kabul’, published in 2016, is a searing description of the cruelty of the Taliban regime.
She co-authored with Malala Yousafzai ‘I am Malala’, the extraordinary story of the Pakistani girl shot in the head for daring to seek an education.
The title of ‘Our Bodies Their Battlefield, What War Does to Women’ is an accurate summary of the contents.
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