New Book Collection Unravels a Unique Twist in a Dark World

(Washington, DC) In Secrets of the Kashmir Valley (new special edition), former CIA Analyst and Award-Winning Author Farhana Qazi takes us inside Kashmir to reveal the true, emotional stories of women, who struggle against all odds in the world’s most militarized zone. In 70-plus years of conflict, India, Pakistan, and China have been battling for power and control in the world’s highest peak. The women are the conflict’s prime victims and targets in Indian-held Kashmir, which the locals call an ‘occupation’—there is one soldier for every eight civilians.

Kashmir is a gendered war, and women experience conflict differently than men. This is a place where madmen, militants, and majestic armies fight for control of land that is largely untouched and coined “Paradise on earth.” Early travelers have called Kashmir “Wonderland” for its tulip gardens, boat-filled flowers gliding along Dal Lake, blue-white mountains, and fields of saffron. In this pristine valley, Kashmiri women call for freedom as protestors, political activists, and peacemakers. Some have been imprisoned for crimes they did not commit, and yet, they remain determined to change the conflict for women.

As an expert on global conflicts and women in war, Farhana has appeared in the mainstream media: CNN, BBC television and radio, Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, Fox News, C-Span, Bloomberg, ABC News, MSNBC, Canadian national television, Voice of America, Al-Jazeera, The Daily Ledger Show and more.

Her new book collection includes: Secrets of the Kashmir Valley, The Untold Truths of Kashmir, and Kashmir Is Heaven Enough. She explores the reasons why Kashmir remains a forever conflict. Kashmiris keep secrets to survive another day. Learn more about how people survive the brutalities of conflict and what you can do to spread awareness.

Meet Farhana Qazi
Farhana Qazi is an award-winning speaker and scholar on conflicts in the Muslim world. Her research covers political Islam, the origins of violent extremism, and women in war. For nearly twenty years, she has traveled throughout the Muslim world to understand local drivers of extremism and the roots of conflict. She offers training courses to the U.S. Government and military on various aspects of Islam and radical Islam. She addresses the worldwide threat and offers sound solutions.

For her service to the U.S. military, she received the 21st Century Leader Award, presented by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York. And the Distinguished Humanitarian Award for her research on women in war from Southwestern University, her alma mater. She also is the author of Invisible Martyrs: Inside the Secret World of Islamic Female Radicals, a human-interest story that examines the reasons why women become terrorists. Currently, Farhana is a Gender Instructor at The George Washington Univ. in Washington, DC, and offers specialized terrorism training to the U.S. military.

To learn more, visit www.farhanaqazi.com