Enemies of Happiness

In September 2005 Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 35 years Among the candidates for 249 assembly seats was Malalai Joya a courageous controversial 27yearold woman who had ignited outrage among hardliners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003 Enemies of Happiness is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters as well as a snapshot of life and politics in wartorn Afghanistan