A review by danigerous
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi

3.0

I'm usually a fan of books presenting the cultural traditions and atmosphere in different countries, but this one fell short. There wasn't much character development, so the ones featured felt flat and unimpressive. I wasn't a huge fan of the format as well. Each chapter ended with a letter to get son relating to the present with the previous part of it describing the author's past while gradually leading to the present moment and how she got there. The two parts felt completely disjointed and forced together instead of smoothly blending. For such serious topics, such as feminism, sacrifice and trying to survive as a woman in a patriarchal and misogynistic society, I feel this book should've offered way more.