Kabul

Oppressed, Inferior, and Unequal We all know that women’s rights are a big struggle in Afghanistan. It was worse when Afghanistan was under the Taliban rule. These women were treated unfairly, beaten for the slightest wrong move, raped, and thrown out like trash. Some women are putting up a fight and really trying to get their freedom. Unfortunately, the Afghanistan society and the way things were being ran before the Taliban fell are keeping these women from achieving the goal they want, and…

Women have had to struggle and work hard to prove themselves and while some countries have move forward with the issue regarding women’s rights, many have moved backward. A Thousand Splendid Suns, a novel by Khaled Hosseini, is set in the late 20th century and focuses on Afghan society under different regimes. The novel follows the life of two Afghan women, Laila and Mariam, who have had extremely different upbringings and views on life. Through this novel, we see how these different mindsets…

The Afghan-Soviet War happened during the 1970’s. The Afghan-American War started in the 1990’s to current day. There were many conflicts that led them to war, and the events during both wars would change history as we know it. Also the end result for the Soviets was different from what has happened so far in the United States. Both wars have destroyed Afghanistan to its core, yet they still have their pride for their country. There are multiple reasons why the United States invaded Afghanistan…

Moulessehoul who adopted his wife's name as a pseudonym and his only way for survive and avoid censorship. In The Swallows of Kabul, Khadra expose sensitive subjects like the treatment of women in the Islamic society and the problem of religious fanaticism. He is hard when he talks about Kabul, but at the same time there is sense of hopefulness and desire for improvement when he said that Kabul is “… a city in an advance stage of decomposition. […] And yet it is also here, amid the hush of stony…

Mary Hirmiz Shooting Kabul by N.H Senzai Summary During the summer of 2001, panic and fear was rising in the people of Afghanistan when the Taliban began oppressing everyone and creating strict rules that limit people from doing many things. This led many to illegally leave Afghanistan and move to the United States and various other places around the world. Twelve-year-old Fadi’s parents decided to leave for the United States due to the oppression, and his mother’s health that had worsened by…

The Underground Girls of Kabul is a vivid tale of multiple females who are or who are raising a bacha posh, a third kind of child. A bacha posh means “dressed up like a boy” in Dari. Dari is a language commonly spoken in Afghanistan, the setting of this book. The Underground Girls of Kabul is extremely interesting because these are real accounts of women in Afghanistan. Jenny Nordberg, a reporter and also…

Summary: Chapters 1-5 The book The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra’s first five chapters introduce the reader to an overview of the four main characters and shows the theme of mob mentality. Atiq Shaukat whips the people in his way so that he can move through the crowd quicker. Atiq is getting late, he needs to go to the jail in order to hand over prisoners for execution. Mohsen Ramat is in a crowd of people that are chanting for the blood of a woman. The woman is to be publicly stoned to…

Shooting Kabul, written by N.H Senzai, is a magnificent book that I really enjoyed reading. The story starts off in Kabul Afghanistan, and then it makes its way to San Francisco, California. It takes place in 2001 around the time of 9/11. Fadi is the main character who has a love for taking photos. Habib is the father of Fadi and he is very loving and protective over his family. Noor is the oldest sister and strives to help her family even if she has an attitude. Zafoona is the mother who is…

Kabul Beauty School As a kid you never knew what you wanted to pursue a career in, one minute you wanted to be a doctor the next minute you wanted to be a teacher. Some people now that they are older still don’t know what they want to pursue a career in, I on the other hand have figured out the career path I want to take and that’d be Cosmetology. My nonfiction book I read, was Kabul Beauty School by Debbie Rodriguez, with the help of reading this book I know for a fact now that Cosmetology…

“Love Crimes of Kabul” directed by Tanaz Eshaghian, features a Sabereh, a seventeen-year-old whose father turned her in. His reason? He found her kissing a boy (Love Crimes of Kabul). Kissing. It seems that the country has different standards when it comes to dating than the United States does, however, is that really an excuse to call the police on your own child? “She has embarrassed herself, and she has embarrassed me,” said her father to the cameraman (Love Crimes of Kabul). He…