Foreword : Afghanistan : truth and mythology / Sima Wali --
Introduction : building community across difference / Sunita Mehta and Homaira Mamoor. The lessons of history. Women have no name in that land / Fevziye Rahzogar Barlas --
Afghan women : an allegory / Freshta Amirzada --
Looking back, looking forward / Eleanor Smeal --
Women and equality in Islam / Sanaa Nadim --
The Zan of Afghanistan : a 35-year perspective on women in Afghanistan / Arline Lederman --
Excerpts from The apostle's diary / Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald --
The kaleidoscope of memory / Gloria Steinem --
The mission of RAWA : freedom, democracy, human rights / Weeda Mansoor --
The loya jirga (grand assembly) tradition in Afghanistan : will the formation of a loya jirga empower women and solve the crisis in Afghanistan? / Sara Amiryar --
A vision of justice, equality, and peace / Fahima Vorgetts --
Miss Afghanistan : a story of a nation / Zohra Yusuf Daoud with contributions from Murwarid Abdiani --
Photo essay : history, faces, transplanted lives / Lina Pallotta.
Stories and strategies for claiming the future. In mourning of my city ; Faryad (scream) / Atia Gaheez --
On making political change / Ruth Messinger --
Muslim women's rights : a contemporary debate / Riffat Hassan --
United Nations and Afghanistan / Angela E.V. King --
Women are opening doors : Security Council resolution 1325 in Afghanistan / Felicity Hill and Mikele Aboitiz --
I hope this letter will reach you / Irena Lieberman --
Public health : a reconstruction policy in Afghanistan / Zohra Rasekh --
Two identities, one mission / Fariba Nawa --
Hope in Afghanistan / Masuda Sultan --
Epilogue : from pawns to principals : the future of Afghan women / Rina Amiri.