El secreto de mi turbante

Synopsis of El secreto de mi turbante

«El secreto de mi turbante» is the biographical testimony of Agnès Rotger Dunyó and Nadia Ghulam, published by Booket in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).

Nadia, the protagonist of this true story, suffers a bombing in Kabul at age eight that disfigures her and ruins her family's comfortable life. At ten, she decides to swap the veil for a turban, take on the identity of her dead brother, and work as a boy to support her family, living a double life under the Taliban regime.

Winner of the Prudenci Bertrana Prize 2010, published in the Divulgación collection, within Booket's Biografías y Memorias series.

For readers of biographies and true testimonies, including young audiences, interested in stories of overcoming adversity and the reality of Afghanistan.