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A review by sbnich
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi
5.0
This will be turning in my head a long time. Qaderi writes that she doesn't remember her homeland of Afghanistan when it wasn't at war, she writes of her life under Taliban rule, she writes of being forced to leave her beloved son ... and yet, she writes of power and of dreams and of light.
Equal parts heart-wrenching and poignant, this memoir is also a love letter to her son, that he may know of her love and the impossible choices she was forced to make.
Perhaps the most beautiful of the entire thing is the love of her parents - her father risking everything to share his beloved books with her, despite the banning of books other than the Qaran. Her mother telling her to write her stories, despite it being forbidden. Her brother escorting her to the place where she taught other girls to read and write under the Taliban's noses, despite the danger
Equal parts heart-wrenching and poignant, this memoir is also a love letter to her son, that he may know of her love and the impossible choices she was forced to make.
Perhaps the most beautiful of the entire thing is the love of her parents - her father risking everything to share his beloved books with her, despite the banning of books other than the Qaran. Her mother telling her to write her stories, despite it being forbidden. Her brother escorting her to the place where she taught other girls to read and write under the Taliban's noses, despite the danger