Farhana Qazi, Author of Invisible Martyrs: Inside the Secret World of Female Islamic Radicals, Interviewed on James Lowe Radio Show.

Farhana Qazi is an American Muslim researcher born in the cultural city of Lahore, Pakistan. As a baby, she migrated to a small town in Tennessee until her family moved to the heart of Texas, where she spent her childhood and young adult life. Which makes her a Tex-Punjabi, the latter in reference to the province and the language spoken in northern Pakistan. As a child, she learned to speak English, French, some Spanish, and Urdu, the national language of Pakistan. Later, she took classes in classical Arabic and modern standard Arabic, two very different and rich languages. Her cultural heritage and spiritual background helped prepare her for a career in counter-terrorism.

 Farhana began her career in the U.S. government trying to understand why some Muslims kill in the name of a beautiful, loving religion. After government service, she continued to research and travel around the world, talking to victims of violence and meeting some of the most violent men and women–the cruel perpetrators who destroy their own lives and damage families, communities, and countries. These experiences eventually formed the basis of her first non-fiction book – a collection of stories of survival called Secrets of the Kashmir Valley,  which was originally published in India in 2016, and which moved award-winning filmmaker Ross Kaufman to say the book "connects us to the intense, complex and remarkably strong women of Kashmir…Rich with detail, this powerful book provides emotional insight into this divided region" Editor of an award-winning travel magazine Porter Fox said "the only thing more enlightening would be to travel there yourself" Fiction writer Betsy Ashton calls the book "Smart and soulful"