The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban
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Book Overview
Even though the people of Afghanistan in general suffered under the rule of the Taliban, women lived especially difficult lives, enduring terrible hardships. They were denied basic human rights, forced to wear veils and kept in seclusion. This work addresses the religion, revolution, and national identity of Afghan women and places them within their gender-political and religious-political roles, thus elevating our understanding of their abuse, imprisonment and murder, and offering a basis for their rehabilitation. Powerful and moving interviews with Afghan women conducted and translated by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan are presented and a brief history of the struggle of the Afghan women and an overview of the conflict between the Afghans and the Taliban are included.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0786410906
ISBN13:9780786410903
Release Date:December 2001
Publisher:McFarland and Company, Inc.
Length:210 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Supporting our sisters in Afghanistan
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
In Afghanistan the atrocities being committed against women and children are the most horrifying I have heard. This book first tells about the lives of Afghanistan women before the Jehadi and Taliban took over, explains the difference between Muslim belief and Taliban belief, and dispels common myths associated with Muslim clothing. This book talks both about the politics of the situation, and the acts being perpetrated against women, children and also men. She also includes a chapter of many women speaking about living under the conditions of the Jehadi and the Taliban. The last chapter educates us about the organizations that are working towards a change, and what we can do to help. Another good book about the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is, "Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance", and "Behind the Burqa: Our Life in Afghanistan and How We Escaped to Freedom" is an excellent and comprehensive book written by two Afghanistan refugees.
Terrible!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
For all those women who wants to know how its like living under the taliban gov't,this book is a must have. Here one can find the real situation of women living under the terror of the taliban,this book described the shocking truth of hell and one can never imagine how women in afghanistan were able to survived in this kind of narrow minded taliban gov't. Buy this book before they run out of print.
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