** Gayle's upcoming book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana,  tells the story of an Afghan girl whose business created jobs and hope for  more than a hundred women in her Kabul neighborhood during the Taliban years.  The Dressmaker will be released in early 2011 by HarperCollins.


Gayle's work focuses on researching and writing on women entrepreneurs in post-conflict economies such as Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

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A Warning in Kabul
- The Daily Beast
As Hillary Clinton prepares to attend Tuesday
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Will Afghan women's rights be bargained away?
- CNN.com
In leaders' talks with Taliban to end war, will women's rights get lost in the bargaining?
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The Gas Attack On Young Girls
- The Daily Beast
More than 80 Afghan girls have fallen ill in a wave of school poisonings in the past week. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on how women are fighting back
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A Bhutto's Search For Justice
- The Daily Beast
Fatima Bhutto comes from a long line of politicians mired in violence and corruption, including her aunt, Benazir Bhutto, and she is seeking a better path for her country
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