Ashraf Ghani: Production and Domination: Afghanistan, 1747–1901. PhD Dissertation, Columbia University (1982). wordpress.com(PDF) Arkivert 15. juli 2014 hos Wayback Machine.
«Rula Ghani». Time (på engelsk). 15. april 2015. Besøkt 19. august 2021. «Ghani, who has a long history of activism, has already vowed to work to improve living standards for women in a country where they have historically struggled to be treated fairly. She will have her work cut out for her, as a non-Afghan and as a Christian woman in a Muslim nation. But she is highly educated, articulate and quite evidently passionate.»
Ashraf Ghani: Production and Domination: Afghanistan, 1747–1901. PhD Dissertation, Columbia University (1982). wordpress.com(PDF) Arkivert 15. juli 2014 hos Wayback Machine.