In the Afghan province of Khost, she is a well-known, respected person, and at the same time, as if woven from contradictions. Wears men's clothing, speaks like a man, fought in the 1979 war. At the same time, she fights for the rights of women and for the preservation of the traditional Pashtun way of life. Hokmina, a former member of the local parliament, was nicknamed «the king of women.» She constantly travels around the province, solving the problems of her «subjects», as well as disputes between the tribes. And she never parted with the dagger that her father once gave her.
The Afghan Woman King
