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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
A book of a number of collected stories about different people's experiences with RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan.) Obviously, these are brave women who deserve the support of the world community- they were resisting the Taliban before the rest of the world even knew what the Taliban was. What this book opened my eyes to the most though was Afghani men and their interactions with RAWA. Not all Afghani men (I don't think even most Afghani men) are fundamentalist extermeist. Many are also working toward the equal rights of women in their country. I learned not to judge the men of Afghanistan on only the basis of what I know about the Taliban.
This book doesn't really tell a story so much as it collects a survey of vignettes. The author literally collected questionnaires from RAWA members and added some of her own personal experience in order to cobble together the content.
The subject of the book is a women's organization forming and acting within a deeply repressive society. It's an inspiring organization and you get to see many aspects of it from the various stories in this book.
The subject of the book is a women's organization forming and acting within a deeply repressive society. It's an inspiring organization and you get to see many aspects of it from the various stories in this book.
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Gut wrenching, informative, emotional. Hard to read in parts but makes me so incredibly grateful to have not experienced even a tenth of what those women have.