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In the Hands of the Taliban: Her Extraordinary Story by Yvonne Ridley

razeenrafi's review

3.0

Yvonne Ridley British journalist was detained by Taliban for 10 days and which made her life change. Her opinion on Taliban is that they where good to her and treated like a guest.She was captured by the Taliban as she attempted to cross the Afghan border to report on the outbreak of war for the Sunday Express.

Taliban are harsh to their woman which I have read from Malalai Joya book  A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice, Even in some part of book Joya states that Taliban is much better than Kabul government after them.
The book starts from September 11.2011 twin tower  hit by Al Qaeda. Ridley travels to Pakistan to report to Sunday Express later she try to cross Afghan Border. She behaved  stubborn to the Taliban but later she apologize to  them during release.

alaa_ilikecats's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I had seen Yvonne's talk on YouTube before and I guess I was looking for a story I already knew. I'm glad I read this. This book has a lot more personal outlook on her life and her experience with the taliban but I can definitely tell a lot of the writing would have changed had she converted before publishing this book 

A funny thing to add is near the end of the book Yvonne says: "I enjoy a drink and I will continue to quaff champagne." 
And look at her now. Alhamdillah 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Suicidal thoughts