by Tehmina Durrani, Abdus Sattar Edhi · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804495017
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«L'impero del bene» is the biography of Abdul Sattar Edhi written by Tehmina Durrani, published by Mondadori in paperback (478 pages, in Italian).
The book follows the life of Abdul Sattar Edhi, a Pakistani who devoted more than thirty years to creating orphanages, hospitals, ambulances, soup kitchens and shelters for the mentally ill. Durrani shows that this welfare empire was sustained by mutual aid from the grassroots: everyone contributes what they can to preserve the dignity and autonomy of the poor.
The original title of the work is 'Edhi: A Mirror to the Blind', first published in 1990; the Italian edition is from 2001.
For readers interested in biographies, spirituality and social action, and in the contemporary history of Pakistan.
Tehmina Durrani is a Pakistani author known for her bestselling book My Feudal Lord, an artist, and a women's and children's rights activist. She is the spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif.
