The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 14, 2011

Former ABC journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the true story of Kamila Sidiqi, an Afghan woman who started a dressmaking business, earning enough to eventually support her and her five siblings. In The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Lemmon recounts Sidiqi’s story: She was banned from teaching and confined to her home when the Taliban rose to power, so she created an alternative career for herself.

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