5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping From Beginning to End, July 13 2004
Despite the fact that I consider myself aware of what's going on in the world, I was quite unaware of the horrific, long-standing human right's violations being committed against women in Afghanistan. I believe that I was just as ignorant about these facts as the rest of the United States until 9/11 happened, and until I read Sally Armstrong's book. She takes the reader into an unknown world, devastated by war; destitute from harsh living conditions; and broken by poverty & prejudice. She meticulously explains the warped, extreme fundamentalist views regarding women and religion in the country, and citing so many appalling facts that it leaves you sick to your stomach.
As she conducts countless interviews with female citizens of the country, describing the intolerable conditions they have had to live with because of the militant political structure the Taliban has instituted, she shows the reader how this inflexible; obstinate; narrow-minded; and discriminatory way of thinking has infiltrated the entire Middle East and it's effects on the Islamic faith. This book is a must read for any and everyone. It doesn't matter if you don't know a thing about the Middle East, or if you know a lot about it. This book is about more that just politics and war, it's about the rights and privileges that people deserve, and it will change the way you look at everything.
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